Eschew And Do

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. - Thoreau

when cell phones glow, headphones vibrate and earbuds whisper

when eden's sweet fruit sits locked in a sour vegetable crisper

lost in muted remnants of unspoken truth

golden crown or chipped tooth

smeared with the thick mud of reason

hobbling on broken crutches of illicit treason

ushered to yet another empty seat of dried tears in a thawed but swollen season

behind dawn's royal, velvet curtain

cross-examined, sworn and nearly certain

inevitable winds blew

leaving the bad breath of yet another lie freezin'

unable to differentiate 'tween fleshly cries and soulful boo hoo

planted evidence and uprooted clue

as inescapable time reveals what it once knew

not only what we cowardly accept but

what we courageously eschew and boldly do