Truth

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

Looking in the mirror I stare much harder.

Inspired by a Somalian poet I put pen to this blank page,

I have tried to be of woman of peace but in me a war rages.

This where the lies from the west and the truth from the east meet.

For too long they have been an adulterous woman and man tangled between the sheets.

In the distance, I hear a voice say I need to check myself,

So I started to look around and realise I was at the gates of hell.

See, where I come from truth is seldom praised.

Lies are a way of life and are even colour coded nowadays.

Getting to this place didn’t take too much work.

Lie, kill and steal to get ahead in life… yes, that’ll work.

I’m forced now to choose my side and stick to it.

No sitting on the fence, it’s either hot or cold because lukewarm just ain’t it.

They say it is easier said than done and this indeed is true.

If you were in my shoes tell what would you do?

While you think on that, let me tell you what I did.

I chose truth because everyone I knew was running from it…

I soon discovered there wasn’t anything as hard as this.

This meant no longer could I lie to myself about who I really was.

I had to face the reality that I was as filthy as I thought I was.

Hearing someone tell you who you are and you realizing it is a big difference.

It is like trying to find of the area of triangle by looking for the circumference.

What they say you can ignore but what your heart speaks is much harder to ignore.

I’ve come to grips with the fact that I am a wretch undone.

But for some reason Christ loves me and calls me his own.

My facade is out the door,

I can no longer pretend,

That I was ever happy living without him.

I try with all that I am to tell it as it is,

Even if I am the one looking bad, it just is what it is.

The truth isn’t hard to come by we just choose to live a lie,

And now when I open my mouth I think where I would go if died.

My desire is for truth to be my way of life,

Let the war rage on because of it I will fight.