Lies Lies Lies

 

As a child

It took me awhile

to learn

that the moon

was not a balloon

You lied to me

That things would be

okay one day

you told me

Besides in 100 years

none of this

will matter anyway

I believed

but you lied to me

Dogwoods bloom

in another room

The door was closed

and the key you gave me

didn’t unlock

the glory of it all

I was lied to

flat out

lied to

about an eternity

of reward for good

and hell to pay

for evil one day

No one I knew

was ever risen from

the grave

It was a good story

and like

the fool who grew

into believing

I waited patiently

for the truth

I pounded

bent nails

into wood

and the results

were always

the same

I never got to see

the Danube

Outer Mongolia

the Steppes of Russia

or the Sea of Tranquility

how is one

to believed

in that which

is unseen

The Golden Rule

turned out to be

A lead-filled

bedtime fantasy

Those sweet kisses

you gave so freely

were not from

the woman

you led me

to believe

Lies

a life of lies

never knowing

for certain

what to believe

I remember

the day

I learned

from a friend

how babies

were made

I was appalled

From what

I have seen

personally

ashes to ashes

paying the rent

on time

and Fig Newtons

make the

most sense

to me

Wake me when it's over

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Chris Hanch 11-5-2020