Honesty

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They say that honesty is the best policy.

Be assertive.

Say what you really think.

“I feel hurt by what you just said….”

Let The Truth be out.

I try my best on this…

Though maybe I’m ready

For another Assertiveness Course.

But sometimes the truth seems too hard to give.

“Do I look all right in this?

No you look a mess”!!!

MMM No.

“You always look great, love”…

To tell a Mum she has lost a child –

Oh my.

I know some who lie through their back teeth

And even believe their own lies.

Annoying indeed.

But then again I cannot help myself

From sugar-coating the truth

With little white lies

Or simply keeping quiet.

Economical with the truth

To keep the peace.

For sometimes people make me feel naïve

For blurting out

What others will not utter.

And the PC brigade are always

On my case.

Mum brought me up to say

What people like to hear:

To fit in and

“Be normal”.

To be approved.

Always have the right coloured door

And keep up with the Joneses.

So the rights of this

Are obscured by mists.

And all I seek

Is some happy

Middle ground.

Paul Butters