For a variety of reasons, including hearing the songs Honesty by Billy Joel and Grounded by The O.C. Supertones in the past week, the subject of honesty has been on my mind lately. (Click the links if you want to hear either of these songs on YouTube.)
This is my offering for Open Link Night at dVerse Poets Pub today. You can head over and check out some other great poetry, too, if you like.
Where Is Honesty?
David cried out to God, saying
“And in my dismay I said,
‘All men are liars.'”
But still he trusted in the Lord.
Jesus said Satan
is the father of lies
there is no truth in him.
If we deny we have sinned
there is no truth in us.
Billy Joel sang
“Honesty is such a lonely word.
Everyone is so untrue.
You can have the love you need to live.
But if you look for truthfulness
You might just as well be blind.”
The O.C. Supertones warn there’s
“No truth in a world
that is randomized.
Expose the lies
no matter how they’re disguised.”
We hear lies on TV,
everywhere we turn.
We lie to God
and to ourselves.
We plan our lies –
“If she asks, I’ll say . . .”
Say what?
Why not the truth?
The truth hurts, they say.
But lies hurt more
and the healing takes much longer.
Sometimes it takes a lifetime
to find the honesty
our hearts so desperately need.