The arrow flies, the target’*****
but truth escapes the assault.
Truth seeks openness, the
space between opinion and
reality.

Opinion lives in the political world
while reality lives in the real world,
where numbers are not just figures
on a chart but loved ones missed
and missing.

Truth today isn’t a matter of
conscience but a matter of
convenience. Convenient to
the political moment while
the conscience of reality begs
for straight talk and honest truth.

The arrow hit us, the victims.
We suffer epidemics of both
crippling illness and debilitating
spin. The cure for both is the truth.