AuthorsDen.com  Join | Login 

 
Where Authors and Readers come together!

Authors | Books | Audiobooks | eBooks | Signed Bookstore | Stories | Articles | Poetry | Blogs | News | Events | Reviews | Videos | Success | Gold Members | Testimonials

Featured Authors:  Neenah Davis-Wilson, iElisabeth Barstowe, iLloydene Hill, iDean Cambourakis, iJoy Pedersen, iMichael Charles Messineo, iLaura Cavanaugh, iFrank Ryan, iM. R. Mathias, iShirley Francis-Salley, i

  Home > Poetry > Poetry        Popular: Books, Stories, Articles, Poetry        Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z     

Odin odin@aflx.com

 Follow Me  

· 4,268 titles
· 12,669 Reviews
· Share with Friends!
· Save to My Library
·
Member Since: Jul, 2008

   Sitemap
   My Blog
   Contact Author
   Read Reviews



Books
· Perceptions

· ECHOSIS

· Prosetry at Work

· Said and Unsaid - Vol 1

· 3 WAY MIRROR


Short Stories
· Patience Waning

· Ladle Lines (A prosetry memory)

· A Gentle Man

· Pacing Love's Journey

· Gratitude

· A Sticky Conversation

· Blazing Now and Then

· Vulnerable Captivity

· The Kite That Would Not Bow

· Time


Articles
· War and Peace

· Desperation Breeds Desperation

· Preference Manifest

· Innocent Guilt

· Barbed Isolation

· A Place...

· Sanity's Loss

· Organs Anonymous

· Fatuous Beyond Absurdity

· Truth is One


Poetry
· The Life-long Pernicious Evil

· Cherishing Sounds of Silence

· Understanding the Unexplainable

· Reality of Another Kind

· Finding Trust Again

· Aromalicious Memories

· A Jungle-rain Pastorale

· Sediment Within the Soul

· Life's Enormous Green Chest

· Roadkill Memoriam

         More poetry...

Odin odin@aflx.com, click here to update your web pages on AuthorsDen.

Books by
Odin odin@aflx.com











See all Books
by Odin odin@aflx.com


   
  Share   Print   Save   

Code Never Lies

by Odin odin@aflx.com — Read all 3,869 poems by Odin odin@aflx.com

In this age of digital meaning, many believe the only thing that can’t lie is code. But what of the human code of integrity? Why has it become so tenuous a reality of late? Are you listening Fox? (Painting by Alamy)

Thursday, March 9, 2023


Poem Artwork

 

Code Never Lies

 

Any hacker knows

Code never lies.

 

But what of another code?

Is love a code that knows not to lie?

 

Juliet and Romeo knew.

Parent and child know.

Johnny Cash and June Carter,

John Adams and Abigail Adams,

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert,

All know of love’s reality.

 

For many,

Lies are king today.

 

Fake love.

Fake business.

Fake life.

 

River burial for unwanted kittens in a gunnysack.

Money pledged institutionally

In place of a child’s success

In achieving university acceptance.

Scam schemes to get rich.

Marriage for wealth, not love.

Will and testaments to retain smiles from a benefactor.

 

Perhaps…

Honesty lost its way?

 



Want to review or comment on this poem?


Need a FREE Reader Membership?

Reviewed by Elisabeth Barstowe
Reviewed on March 9, 2023
I've had a few encounters with on-line scammers and I got out on the better end since I now what to look out for, but it made me trust people behaind the screen even less. There's no saying even your best friend sending you an e-mail, because their e-mail could be hacked. So when it comes to codes, the codes could be trustworthy 8unless it's a virus), but the people wheeling them could not. So has honesty lost its way? I don't believe so. There was as much dishonesty before as well, only not as visible as it is today. Scams are mainly concentrated to social media, or e-mails since it's an easy way to reach people all over the world without travelling an with less risk of getting caught. And romance scams are probably the most common. Not to say that it wasn't before though (gigolos, honey traps). And when it comes to marrying for wealth. Hasn't that been more common before (arranged marriages has been a part of all cultures). Bribes may have been more common before as well, since hacking systems to alter grades and fabricate grades, exams and employment is fairly easy these days. Good writing!

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on March 9, 2023
While I have noticed that social climbing of all sorts seems to require a Machiavellian mentality in corporations, institutions, organizations and businesses, there are always those who fight back for more ethical behavior.

I don't think the dark side is winning as you seem to suggest. As far as media outlets of all kinds, and especially, social media, it is always the absurd or sensational that gets the most airtime for commercials and ratings. So we hear the worst first, while the good gets ignored because it's too normal and too boring for the average jaded news follower to pay any attention to.

I think the good are getting better at fighting the dark side every year. We just don't hear about it. Crime cases are being solved more justly and quicker, even though personnel to get it done may be lacking. The technology that brings us safer and better times is everywhere working tirelessly to lift us up, not tear us down.

Ron


New Poetry by Odin odin@aflx.com
hhh