#lie poems on Hello Poetry

Man May 23

The best way to goad a lie?
Believe it yourself.
But it's even easier
To convince others of the truth
Being false itself

The contrast between truth and falsehood
Lie in the whether
The inquiring party
Believe, or not;

Sufficiently convinced enough

#truth #lie #vague

Jeremy Betts May 17

~•§•~ An Eye to Eye Lie ~•§•~

I couldn't tell you why
Sometimes I don't try
But I'll look you dead in the eye
And swear I can not tell a lie
Which of course, in itself, is always a lie

©2024

#why #try #dead #eyes #swear #lie

Man May 15

Give & Take

If I speak honestly,
What resentment should I harbor
For how words are received;
So long as you, too
Speak the truth, earnestly?
My commitment to honesty dies
At the prospect of a lie.
Brought as like a cat,
Planting at your feet
Dead mice

#metaphorical #introspective #existential #confessional #honesty #lie #resentment #acceptance #commitment #mice

Jeremy Betts May 5

~•§•~ Last Things First ~•§•~

Please know that;
I
Don't want to live
But I
Don't want to die
So I
Become a captive
Deny
My modus operandi
The lie
Is naturally aggressive
Can I
Adapt on the fly
Can't I
Be illusive
'Till I
Can answer the why
So I
Will try objective
A good guy
Give it a collage try
Then I
Become reactive
This stye
Permanently in each eye
I try
But the mole hill's massive
And I
Still have no answers to why
I cry
That's all I have left to give
Still I
Knew better than to be believe in somethin' like an eye for an eye
But who am I?

©2024

#live #die #captive #deny #lie #aggressive #massive #illusive #answers #objective

Amanda Kay Burke Apr 28

Shaking Pen (Senyrū)

Shaking hand holds pen
"It is just cold" one more lie
Afraid to face truth

The only person I lie to usually is myself

#shaking #pen #life #fear #apprehension #well #cold #lie

Simran Guwalani Apr 24

Longingness

It's those who burn
in the fire of separation
have come to learn
that in this desperation
true love lies
for the distance means nothing
if the hearts are intertwined.

Copyright Simran Guwalani

#longingness #yearning #love #heart #apart #lie #whispers #silent #expect #true

Mykarocknrollin Apr 19

Sixties

are there more than 60 songs
related to you and me
is that the reason
i skipped a lot
just to forget
just to dismiss
just to miss
for we shared a lot
for we kissed a lot
for those songs in exact moments
are perfect
just like us
before
in the past
not now
maybe i can try to listen again
but not for you anymore
for those times
for the memories
the end

#pastlover #freeform #poetry #love #lost #lie #memories #hurt

Piotr Balkus Apr 14

Mirror

In a mirror, we always look older
and we believe that it lies.
We blame it for every wrinkle:
Okay then, you lie, but why?!

How rude of mirror to do so,
like literally in the face!?
We give it so much attention
and what in return? Disgrace!

Or perhaps we do look older
indeed, and it doesn't lie.
Perhaps we lie to ourselves
and maybe we know well why.

#lie #mirrors #old #age

Pax Mar 17

a shallow show

Does your love that shallow?
              Is it just for show?
     or does it hard to swallow?
                           Are you that shy
    to evade me, then why lie?
I know -  I’m old and weary
so I worry,
I don’t want
to be played sorry.

just better not to like me at all.

#love #pax #played #sorry #weary #lie #shallow #show #swallow #shy

Zywa Mar 13

[ Gee, where exactly ]

Gee, where exactly

are the landmines that I placed --

the lies and the truths?

Novel "Vladiwostok!" (2007, Pieter F. Thomése), part 3, chapter 28

Collection "May the Might"

#truth #lie #politics