To: You

It may be smaller than an atom or as minute as a whim
Or the only thing that’s keeping the light of hope from going dim
When you hear it repeated, it may fill your heart with glee
But even after all your wishes, a lie is all it’ll be.

You may breathe it to your pillow, or announce it to your heart
And it may keep you now from crying but slowly rip your life apart
In your hands is your undoing if a lie you choose to save
For truth has life eternal and mendacity’s bound to cave

Better to be honest now and always, with each breath to breathe the truth
To accept things as they come even if they come uncouth
Life’s a 2011 Kia Rio, lies will take it for a spin
Alas, if it had one distinct color, it would be that of sin.