The Truth
By Tearz Ayuen
What’s truth?
What good is truth?
Who wants to hear the truth,
The whole truth,
And nothing but the truth?
Who says the truth?
What happens to those who speak the truth?
Why don’t people want to hear the truth?
Where is the truth?
Truth is a quality or state of being true
It is a fact or belief that is accepted as true
Truth is that which is true
Or in accordance with facts or reality
Truth is of great value
It is precious
It is water, air and love
Truth is a key, it unlocks locks
It breaks codes and chains
It breaks barriers
Truth heals wounds
It builds, maintains bridges that connect people
Truth is not told by anyone
It is not told by eyewitnesses
Truth is never told by the popes, imams, paupers,
Members of Parliament, boys, girls or scientists
Neither is it told by detectives nor journalists
Truth is told by the truth itself
Truth hurts, it is a thorn penetrating through a skin
Truth is ugly, no one falls for it
Truth is sulphuric acid, none wants to swallow it
Truth is a charging al-Qaeda suicide bomber, everyone runs away from it
Truth is a highly dangerous armed mad man, everyone hides from it
He who says the truth is shunned in the society
In a broad daylight, he’s gunned down by hired thugs or police
A set up is hatched and when he gets caught, he’s jailed, castrated and hanged
Or he is tortured badly and left to die
And his/her relatives are intimidated, harassed and imprisoned
Though no one wants to tell the truth,
Everyone wants to hear the truth
But truth is kept out of reach of you and me
It is a permanent resident of government’s safe
Truth also lives under the carpet of a state house
It is in shackles, in private cages, serving unspecified term
It is kept in the dark, in the basement of a courthouse
Truth lies in your partner’s handbag
It’s somewhere in the ceilings of your house
Truth has money value, it is sold
Its buyers are rich businesspeople, politicians and religious leaders
Upon buying it, they flush it down the toilet
However, truth is indestructible
It’s immortal
No matter what happens to the truth, it will always come to light,
With much more catastrophic effects
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