Hospitable Retorts

Everyone can tell
a story from within,
breaking ties, and lied
about the
wonders of the world.

should I,
but send a softer breath to rise
up on the end of stretching hours,
breaking benders of such treachery,
menagerie, poverty,
and such found in between.

be the world we would wish to know
and sanction all that must
care.