Lies

It's sad when people lie about you

And say that you said what you hadn’t said.

One would think that they should have

Better things to do instead.

 

What is it that makes them so?

Do they really believe their lies?

Or is the truth beyond their reach--

A thing they don't even recognize?

 

Do they feel so desolate?

Are they so insecure within?

Are their lives so out of sorts--

An imbalance of yang and yin?

 

It doesn't make me angry. Not really,

When they are so mendacious…disjointed.

If I feel hurt at all,

It's mainly because I'm disappointed--

 

Disappointed that they don't see

How their actions reflect on them

And NOT on the people whom they choose

To lie about, malign, or condemn.

 

And so I wonder if they'll ever

See the error of their ways

And maybe be able to turn their unkind

Comments from calumny to praise.

 

-by Bob B (3-26-24)