Half Truths
Garments of half-truths keep our ignorance warm
Surviving until we can no longer hold onto name and form
Each garment sowed to individual specifications
Forming identities through which were born nations
We have never seen what’s under our garment
It’s the only version of the truth, it will not torment
We are afraid of shedding half-truths, they can be bent
Into any form, that sends happiness into an ascent
If we huddle as one, we will be warm
Enough to shed half-truths which have done great harm
There’s one version of the truth, it can’t be converted to a form
It may be found if we are willing to quietly reform
By not giving half-truths our eyes, ears, and tongue
The garment we wear can finally be hung
Life isn't interested in our half-truths, they are seeds of stone
Unlike the potent one of truth which waits alone