Indelible

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. - Thoreau

Of all the burdens I've borne in my life.

Betrayal is the heaviest by far.

It stings like a wasp.

Burns like a branding iron.

Leaving it's mark.

Saying one thing whilst doing another.

Take my hand dear brother.

It cuts like a machete and asphyxiates the soul.

Like a serpant's lies born in a banished tree.

Incarcerating truth for a life sentence behind rusty barbed wire.

It can never be fully eradicated.

Deceiving the heart like a damned, lying cheat.

Following down every street.

As far as East is from West.

Atlas' shoulders pressed.

Not even all the tears in the Pacific can wash away it's stink.

Because it's written with ...

... indelible ink ...

Author's Note

"I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Kelly Scheppers]

I admire the way in which you craft every word. Your prowess truly defines you as a poet!

[Pete]

thanks Kelly. just letting out a bit of what's inside. i appreciate the encouragement ... :)

[Saoirse K.]

a glass of truth
never has something
which so transcends matter
held so much water

great write
i also really enjoy Thoreau

[Pete]

thank you. hope that all your glasses are half full and not half empty. glad to know another Thoreau aficionado ... :)