One reason is good as another. Won't that be sufficient?
Is truth really that important or can a tiny white lie destroy our balance?
My mind tells me no one would mind that lies and people go hand-in-hand, that lies and corporations go hand-in-hand, that politices and white lies go hand-in-hand.
So what if we lie to get what we desire. Isn't that the way our country is run?
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Reviews of "White Lies"
Reviewed by Hanley Harding (Reader)
Reviewed on October 24, 2007
What a sad-but-all-too-true observation on what our society has sunk to. As electronic media permeates the very fabric of society, too many of us simply cannot tell the difference between truth and lies, any more... Doc
You are amazing for speaking the truth. well expressed poet.
Reviewed by LadyJtalks LadyJzTalkZone (Reader)
Reviewed on April 29, 2007
Good thought, I could see children asking this after hearing for so long this from their parents. Do all really lie? I doubt that, we only see the ones who get caught on the news so what are our children to think. Lady J
Reviewed by Flying Fox Ted L Glines (Reader)
Reviewed on February 23, 2007
Ah, it is the American way! Such a nicely done work! Well executed.
Point well-taken! I agree with Safi. Candy and Carmen, et al, hit the nail on the head. This is very clever. ~~ You will probably
be interested in an old expression I ran across in a crostic
puzzle. White lies used to be called taradiddles. Seems to me it says more. Like your poem! 'Pea' <3
White lies turns so many things black, and what darkness we live in because of them. Great poem!
Reviewed by Elizabeth Taylor (Reader)
Reviewed on May 8, 2005
Everyone has a different perspective as to how they perceive what is said and done, and what they say and do. If you leave perspective out of the equation, everything is an accusation...and therefore a lie.
Very Thoughtful indeed. Its an unusual poem but I try to keep white lies excluded from my life.
A thought which I can share with you is your name. Mine is pronounced like yours and often written that way but its not! Where did the extra "U" creep in?
Best wishes to the Big Apple
from South west Scotland - Dumfries
Miller Caldwell
unfortunately, the lies told by governments are more than mere white lies ... i would hope they would be run by truth and conviction ... though i sense a bit of sarcasm in the final verse ...
I hear what you are saying..my theory on little white lies are what you tell a two year old to get them to do as you would like in order to halt a temper tantrum
I'm not sure what our government tells could be considered little at all..
Good thoughts Lillian..Lisa
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The only truth I know is Jesus Christ (John 14:6) and the more I get to know Him the more I learn just how important His grace and mercy really is.
Good write and thanks for sharing your poetic boldness.
God Bless You and Your Loved Ones
George
Ted
be interested in an old expression I ran across in a crostic
puzzle. White lies used to be called taradiddles. Seems to me it says more. Like your poem! 'Pea' <3
Safi
Carmen :-)
Thoughtful poem.
Elizabeth
A thought which I can share with you is your name. Mine is pronounced like yours and often written that way but its not! Where did the extra "U" creep in?
Best wishes to the Big Apple
from South west Scotland - Dumfries
Miller Caldwell
When they lie deep enough to convince themselves,
then it becomes the truth.
~ Sandie Angel, March 30, 2004 ~
I'm not sure what our government tells could be considered little at all..
Good thoughts Lillian..Lisa