glimmer day 108 ~ NaGloPoWriMo 19 April 2025

true or false

what if it was impossible to tell a lie?
would we say less to each other?
would we avoid the hard conversations?
or would we finally become real…
able to look into the eyes of that face 
in the mirror with acceptance, embracing
all that we are, all that we hope to be?
what if we weren’t afraid to say 
what we feel, what we need,
what we think, what we know is true 
imagine the freedom of fully trusting in
absolutes, in right and wrong, in light
and dark, day and night, imagine how
the world might be if the history we tell 
ourselves and our children actually 
happened, the good and the bad, 
no judgement, but used to apply lessons 
learned to make the future brighter, 
a gift to our children and their children…
once upon a time when someone told
the first untruth we lost our way
because lies grow like a cancer
until the truth is impossible to know
how different would life be if we could start over 
refuse the lie that some lies are okay
commit to what is real and right and true
I can only imagine it… can you?

~kat

NaGloPoWriMo 19 April 2025 prompt from gooduniversenextdoor: We’re making it up as we go along “If only….” or “Suppose….” For today’s poem, let’s suspend reality and write a poem that starts with a preposterous notion… then follows it. / Recommended reading: “Invisible Nests” by Kelly Madigan and “Restaurant of Dreams” by Robert Okaji