The Truth

Stand up and tell all, ‘The Truth’ shall set you free,

Is that a lesson for them for you or is it one for me?

So often we hear and are constantly being told,

Speak the truth shout out, stop being shy and be bold.

How can we discern the lies and whispers that abound?

From the news readers at night, and the crowds all around

There is one sure way to know which story is real,

It’s the tell tale sign of how the words make us feel.

The truth is something that once twisted and bent,

Can be detected by the nose, as an unpleasant sent.

We know deep inside what is right from wrong

When the truth’s no longer real the results tend to pong.

It’s not for us to right the world’s lies?

To detect all deceit as the rhetoric flies

We are not jury nor are we the judge

But we are responsible for the words we fudge.

Stop looking and listening and wondering who you can beat

Allow your soul to vet your stories you tell to compete

It’s not if you’re better or bigger or size of the tails you tell

The true test of truth comes each morning, by if you slept well

A clear mind, light heart and unflustered brain

Are the sign of exaggerations and untruths held in refrain.

If you only share the actual and real

There’s no telling the benefit to good health you’ll feel.

So when challenged in future to bend just a little

Remember the truth isn’t flexible it’s really quite brittle

To break trust with falsehoods right from the start

Will tarnish your image and cloud over your heart.

Speak up and be true for the facts are to real

Forget what others think but see how you feel

Tall stories are fleeting and exaggerations fade fast

people remember and your integrity that my friend will last

©Rev. Steve  23 Sept 2007