Some lies protect
The honest truth,
Spoken not to kill,
Preventive measures,
Subtly taken,
To reinvent the will.
Some truths reveal
A lie beneath,
Exposed in all its glory.
Sometimes fibs
And partial truths
Hide a different story.
Some people swear
To honesty
In strictest of devotion,
Others swear
Integrity
To camouflage emotion.
Protection
Manifests
In many forms,
Finds
Different ways and
So conforms
In words
Too hard to say,
Though true,
Fable
Fabricates
Facts anew.
Children
Do this
All the time.
They lie
And hope that
All is fine
Till caught in
Flagrant
Flouting one,
Ashamed,
They hide,
Until someone
Reveals that,
Sometimes,
Though not ideal,
A lie may
Protect
How others feel.
scottishmomus 
so is
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I feel that.x
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Who me?….never 🙂
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Never is not a word I care to use too often. It has a habit of trying to prove you wrong. ;)x
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No way….never! 🙂
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:)x
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This segment – substitute ‘devotion’ for ‘integrity’ and you would be talking about a lot of the people who attend church these days. Some people swear / To honesty / In strictest of devotion, / Others swear / Integrity / To camouflage emotion.
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You certainly could. They’re not always on the same side of the fence. ;)x
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I am not against white lies. I love the way this poem dealt with different aspects of the truth and lies. Excellent poem! 🙂
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Thank you, Cubby. I don’t like lies but if it is a toss up between a white lie or hurting someone, I’d go with the white lie. Sometimes the strictest of devotion to truth is not the way to go. Kids lie to protect themselves. Simple. Adult reasons are so varied. And bemusing. ;)x
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