Honesty

Honesty is as hard as doubt

It is as soft as a kiss

It is as sad as the loss

Honesty was tricky

Was impossible to do

Like a father choosing which child

He wants to go to heaven with

Honesty was a caring girl who 

a stranger asked her "which

of your parents, do you like the most"

 

Honesty was a sharp sword

Targeting a lover boy’s heart

Honesty was like Hamlet’s doubt

“To be or not to be” but more like

“To say or not to say” the problem was.

 

Honesty was the tears of a cloud

When the sky shouted at her

Caressing Jasmine’s bright petals

falling into the grave of forgotten flowers

 

Honesty was Oliver Barret’s decision

Saying goodbye to Jenny forever

Honesty could have saved “Dash Akol”

If he told the girl whom he wanted 

Or even could’ve killed him earlier

When hearing the girl says “No”

 

Honesty makes the movie beautiful

Makes the quotations inspiring

Nevertheless in the real life

It is always doubted as freedom is

Some put a borderline for both

A redline of liberty,

a redline for honesty

Some find honesty

 the same as modesty

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

"Dash Akol" was an Iranian fictional character who loved a girl but he couldn't express his feelings toward her so he died without anybody knowing his love for her.
"Oliver Barrett" and "Jenny" were lovers in the "Love Story" movie.

Reviews

[Ansal]

I am awe-struck by how you use simple words to convey such a deep message. Honesty, a very under-regarded of virtues, is the most important one of them. There are so many angles, which you view it from, here in this poem. This really helped me to broaden my perspective, and admire the beauty of the poem even more. Thanks a lot for putting this up!
Have a nice day!

[Nima.Hope]

You're so kind to say that Ansal,,thank you. I'm an amateur poet, the point is to transfer the emotions and imagination, no matter the decoration of the words.
Best wishes✨

[Ansal]

This simplicity is what strikes me! Not everyone can describe their emotions and imaginations effectively, resorting to such means. And yes, simplicity is beauty in its true form- that's what I feel!

[Nima.Hope]

That's true about quotes too, the wise ones will remain in our memory much more longer than those who are only an assembling of beautiful words.

[FGFRANKLIN]

"Honesty it's such a lonely word, everyone is so untrue. Honesty, it's hardly ever heard and mostly what I need from you." Billy Joel

Cool write. I'm honest because I never learned how to be anything else. I come with no filters and a short fuse. I grew up with three brothers and four sisters in a five room house. We didn't have much modesty but we couldn't help but be honest. Now I'm old and just write whatever comes to my old rambling mind.

[Nima.Hope]

It's interesting to me that the family you were born in and the house you mentioned, are exactly true about my grandpa's house.
Thanks for stopping by sir.

[S.zaynab.kamoonpury]

Wow a unique poem on imaginative sides and types of honesty. Yes honesty can be hard and tricky sometimes. Kudos!

Plz also read and comment my newest poem too.

[Nima.Hope]

Thank you dear Zaynab for your kind review. I will review your poem ASAP.

[JessyJacob]

Does the girl didn’t die when you said Akol died and loved her. she would if I am in her place. She might have thought he never loved as he didn’t tell her that he loves her, indeed she kept him alive, and she lives with him in his memories and thoughts in dreams as he comes. Honesty saves you because it’s the best thing ever why can’t we turn it to modesty as the countries are flourishing like anything with that great policy. I don’t mind if it looks awkward but you made it beautifully written whole of the lines. It will contradict the second line in first stanza, if you don’t complete with the last line by comparing with modesty. But it was overall cute and funny comparisons not undermining my dear Barret. But it says it’s a sword so it is a bit difficult for kids to handle. So beautiful it is overall.

[Nima.Hope]

To be honest, I know a little bit about Dash Akol's story but I don't think the girl died, because the girl was much more younger than Akol, so he didn't think that he loved her. You know Jessy, sometimes we are not honest with a person, becuase we are afraid of losing them. For example imagine a boy that loves a girl but that girl doesn't love the boy and only counts him as a friend(not a lover), so the boy has to hide his feelings to keep the friendship. If he tells the truth, he loses the girl forever.
Yes, honesty has made countries look more Democratic, although those democratic countries are not honest when it comes to poor countries in the middle east or Africa. They make deals with Dictators rulling the middle-east and Africa.
I'm glad you liked the last stanza. You wrote an awesome review, I don't remember the last time someone wrote such a review for my poem. Thank you very much dear Jessy. By the way, where are you originally from? Your name sounds western but I think you are Asian(maybe Middle-eastern or Indian or...). I'm asknig because I'm Persian.

[JessyJacob]

i agree what you are saying of countries with poor countries. It happened. So there was no honesty infact. I am from India, south part. I think you agreed what i said.

[Nima.Hope]

Of course I agree with you. I've got much respect and caring for Asian People(I'm not racist by the way)
Have a nice day

[JessyJacob]

I know you are not, i can know and read you in your writings.

[W. Barrett Munn]

A lot of good in this. To my ear the last stanza is a little awkward.
The message and subject is a great choice and interesting.

(should read: the girl say no)

[Nima.Hope]

Yes, I wanted to suddennly shock the ears of the reader, so he/she would stop and think about the time when honesty and modesty merge together....
Thanks Winston