look past the words -
anyone can say who they are
or what they believe -
what do they do;
to know another,
tune out the noise
and open your eyes
to what they do;
in seeing
you'll find
who they are
Tag: truth
Reckoning with Why
it is a hard thing in this life
to know yourself;
to be honest in your reckoning
about who you are
and what you value;
the truth is a frightening proposition
if your mind isn't open;
if you reject it
for not aligning
with who you think you are,
where does the fault lie
for not becoming that dream;
the most difficult aspect of life
is understanding why,
then coming to terms with it
or bringing about change
Word Types
I'm not worried about drippy imagery, lines oozing flowery description; what matters, what's important to me are the words, that they are real, that they capture the gray of existence, making you pause to think about what is, what might have been, and what could be; those are the the types of words that are important to me