Talk to me

To be free one must attempt to be honest

Talk to me

 

Words escape

Untruths emit

With hollow blows

 

No doubt

The righteous pout

Strikes a pose

 

But how ridiculous

To espouse

With warm clinging air

 

That black is white

When the ring of truth

Is like a puff of air

 

Pull back

Sew lips together

And avoid contamination

 

Focus first on the clean

The new born

That first cry for life

 

Expose the sly

Contaminated links to hate

And breathe with dignity

 

Speak well

For honest words

Make life easy

Reviews

[Woody]

Good poem Mike. I like it. Judicious choice of words.
And I totally agree with you that one must always be honest, whether they mean it or not.
(just kidding, of course)