Knowing the Truth
Serious, our many differences.
Do we agree to let matters lie,
knowing the truth will bring more pain,
or do we face the challenge
facing us with a strength
that will see us through,
understanding
each other,
as we
must?
This inverted etheree is my response to Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 151 #SynonymsOnly, which offers dig and grave as prompt words.
I have used “know” and “serious” as synonyms.
This also is linked to OLN: Casting a Spell, at dVerse ~ Poets Pub
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Interesting form. Interesting question. Good write!
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Thank you. 🙂
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I always enjoy this form. Well done Ken!
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🙂 Thank you, Linda
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This could apply to so many things–especially right now.
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So true. Thank you, Merril.
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I think if we live on a lie the buildings will topple, sooner or later… bring on the truths
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Fooling yourself doesn’t change anything. Thank you, Björn.
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Great question Ken. I say we face the challenge and kick its ass!
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Yes! Thank you, Rob.
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Most of us spend a lifetime balancing candor and the conundrum of affection. Truth can sting like a bitch…yet, I support truth over white lies and alternate facts.
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We do no one a service when we fool ourselves.
Thank you, Glenn.
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An excellent take on the prompt words, Ken. There’s so many emotions in this piece. ❤
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Yes, there are many ways to apply this.
Thank you, Colleen.
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You’re most welcome.
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I say we face the challenge. There is no comfort in lies ❤️
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True. None at all.
Thank you. 🙂
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May the strength be found for understanding.
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It’s not always easy. Thank you, Frank.
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Great questions you ask here. Sometimes not so easy to answer…
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So true. Thank you, Dwight.
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Too many uneasy truces these days…and yet…can we live with the possibility of an unbridgeable gap? I grapple with this question all the time. (K)
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Yes. Too many chances for things to fall apart.
Thank you, Kerfe.
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Great use of the prompt words, Ken. I enjoyed your Etheree! 😀
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Thank you. 😀
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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