The colour of a lie is devastating amber;
it towers and casts a shadow above everything that’s pure—
the dead won’t wake
their eyes tightly shut and tongues disbudded as carnations;
a lie cuts through an unsteady substructure,
and I wonder if they can hear from below the ground?
It continues to swirl around,
to exist as bad apples excuse— can you feel its touch?
Its icy beginnings
and peppered endings have more than a bite to them;
they shut out the light of reason.
A lie is a world reduced to ash, pebble and shattered warmth;
yet, it’s beautiful and well thought out.
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Skylover Wordlist: Lie 💝
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A lie is a world reduced to ash!
Wow! this is an excellent exposition of lies.
Thank you so much, Kerry 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
I enjoyed the different ways you describe a lie, Sanaa, especially ‘devastating amber’, and a shadow with ‘icy beginnings and peppered endings’.
Thank you so much, Kim 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
So much for lies! I think you have utterly demolished them – beautifully. I particularly love, ‘tongues disbudded as carnations’.
Thank you so much, Rosemary 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
Lies certainly set fire to all things, particularly to themselves (eventually).
I really like the vivid descriptions you’ve written into this one, Sanaa. The bit Rosemary quoted is still dancing in my head.
Thank you so much, Magaly 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
I, too, like your vivid descriptions, the anatomy of lies so to speak. And, yes, they can be “ beautiful and well thought out.” 👏❣️🙏
Thank you so much, Ellecee 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
Lies and liars…they certainly can create havoc even when painted beautifully
Thank you so much, Susie 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
I particularly loved the ending… how we really wish that those lies were true… but a lie is amber burning everything to ash.
Thank you so much, Bjorn 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
I always tell folk that a lie, if not done with intent to hurt or done with malice, and especially a “white lie”, is not a sin.
I stir up a lot.
Do you know turn signals are also Amber? As the other driver those also should not be trusted.
Nice write, Sanaa, I enjoyed its reading.
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Thank you so much, Jim 🙂 so good to see you 💄❤️
You appeal to every sense with your extended metaphor. Well done!
Thank you so much, Frank 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
An excellent light on the whole nature of lies, as well as what they do to us, and the world around us.
Thank you so much, Hedgewitch 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
Oh in these days of “fake news” and a president who tells half-truths and manipulates facts and downright lies….these lines resonate with me:
“Its icy beginnings
and peppered endings have more than a bite to them;
they shut out the light of reason.”
Thank you so much, Lillian 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️