Say What?

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There is no such thing as absolute truth

Say What?


I wish I could learn
what not to say
and when it is ok.

Truth and honesty
are always the best policy
But feelings have beauty
and people are sensitive
so the truth hurts.

I was already grown
before I realized that
all people arent supposed
to have to suffer other
people's truth.

I learned that truth is not
the same for everybody.
What one may see as an obvious truth
to another this truth may be vague
which is right? and which is wrong?

I have accidently hurt many fellings
by sharing my own truth
Believin' that it was universal
Now I wonder .....

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Poetry is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality.

T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

Tempestlady’s Poems (64)

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Ghost Rape 0
The Tools for the Pandemic 0
The Tools for the Pandemic 1
OBSERVATIONS OF LIFESTYLES 0
Over and over and over and over again...., 0
Goodbye Baby 0
FAITH 0
TWC 0
"Every thought she had i heard from accross the room" 0
LATINA NURTURING 0
ROBIN WILLIAMS 0
ACCEPTANCE 0
LOVE AND SEX 0
Say What? 0
Some Days.... 0
Yellow Butterflies 4
Flames and Tears 6
Swans at the park 10
In the dugout 10
I never heard your voice..... 5
Talk to Me 2
The Wind of Death 7
WHAT TO DO.... 3
Futility 4
illusions 15
Innocent Love 17
Tranquility 15
Understanding 14
Mr. O. D. Fisher 9
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1 got Swine Flu
3
Buzz 4499 4
Attraction 11
"Smokin stems on a Saturday" 5
"Polar Bear evolution" 7
UNLAWFUL CARNAL KNOWLEDGE-RES
ULTS
20
I was created... 14
Stuck in a loop 20
BRYAN & DEE FAHRIG 11
ONE LAST DANCE.... 25
DE'JAVUE 15
Jake's Haiku Collection 7
"That Feeling" 5
To have it all... 4
"A Touch Too Much" 8
"Coping Mechanisms" 6
"Our Trucker" 9
Emotions in a lovelife 4
IT AINT NOTHING BUT A THING! 6
My flirting friend.. 12
Love from a distance 20
Kindred Spirits 19
My Lucky One 7
"Sweet Dreams" 8
The art of love 7
A Tone of the voice 4
The leader 7
"SWEET BABY JAMES" 3
"Rocka bye baby" 3
The Bobcat 7
"Cookies" 7
The Drought 6
Anne on my mind...... 7
Balanced Translocation (or dream babies) 9
Southside Cinderella 19