"I want your honesty"--the greatest lie
We tell each other--you just want my lie.
Resentment, lashing out, and anger--light
Of truth brings these--you're happy in the lie.
The upright stance--you push and pull and lure
Me down so that beside you I will lie.
Can love or hate, desire or disgust
Survive a single day without the lie?
What kind of love, what kind of friendship lives
By swimming in pacific seas of lies?
Are you upset because I speak the truth?
I do not show I love you when I lie.
When I am honest, I show my support--
I show my disrespect when every lie.
It does not mean I do not care for you
If I don't feed you a comforting lie.
The truth that I express in poetry--
How I, Troy Camplin, falsify the lie.
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