#whitelies
Let us pretend
That we were nothing
But some casual affair
2 AM ***** dystopia
Just another night
To forget
Let us pretend
That years of silence
Can somehow bend
White lies into
Truth
Let us pretend
For burying regrets
Seems all there's
Left to do
Aug 1, 2025
Aug 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM UTC
Dear White Lies I was told as a child,
though you came from the mouths of people I trusted the most,
still I was betrayed by you.
You came in the form of
“I love you,”
and “you’ll be okay,”
and “I’ll never leave.”
You were sharper than a knife and you twisted at my heart
until finally it bled out onto a paper that would never be read by anyone else but you and I.
I trashed a note that would make more of you enter into my brain
and grow until finally you looked down upon me
as if I were nothing more than a bug
compared to you.
Jan 14, 2021
Jan 14, 2021 at 10:37 AM UTC
What are lies and why are they white?
This question throws me on an endless plight.
Leaves me wondering for hours and hours,
Don’t throw **** at me and tell me it’s flowers.
If I ask you a question, you better answer me straight,
And if you don’t, it’s a little too late,
I don’t accept lies that are white.
You have a better chance of turning into a hermaphrodite.
Feb 21, 2019
Feb 21, 2019 at 10:37 AM UTC
words spit out
white lies
that turn in vain
truth is the weight
which burdens us
Dec 30, 2018
Dec 30, 2018 at 9:02 PM UTC
A childish accusation, "You promised"
Before fear's taught kids are bolder
Denied the right, who can I trust
And I can't say, now that I'm older
Growing up we all learn how to lie
Despite all our parents' trying
It's become my second nature, why?
I've found it's easier than fighting
When the world demands a lot of you
You learn to adjust or fall apart
Rarely is the desired answer true
Tangled in lies, where do I start
I know I can do better and I should
A refrain throughout our heads
Binding words, be a kid that's "good"
Follow through all that's been said
My master is fear, I've learned my lesson
Lying seems to be an act that's kind
We tend to try to have good intentions
"How are you today?" "I'm doing fine."
Oct 4, 2018
Oct 4, 2018 at 5:01 PM UTC
Seen in its entirety against or being amongst the dark night sky.
The stars then shine brighter
When they are seen together.
Such a shade of colour.
That is the white shadow that hangs still and kneels.
Still, is that a shadow for real?
A white shadow of the sky - why do you ask, why?
I am sitting here at a round table
But I am sitting at a ring of white
Transparent, glass
Where I can see everything right through.
It too
Reflects the light from my eyes.
In its light, there is no fire, no beam, no heat and the air ----
Washes and bathes you yet keeps you dry.
It is just a glow that weighs nothing.
Where and how does it lie?
It is just a piece of eternity's presence looming.
Apr 17, 2018
Apr 17, 2018 at 12:08 AM UTC
He used me
Making me think he loved me
Make me think that I loved him.
He railed me in with his words,
Building my trust.
I shouldn’t have done it,
I shouldn’t have said yes.
I should have known to him in just an object to look at,
Bringing my self confidence more down then it already is.
He used me for “makeup material”.
He just looks at me like my body is just something you buy.
But when he told me I was “beautiful”,
I knew it was fake.
I could see the white lies he was telling me.
Saying “oh but I really do love you”
That wasn’t like him.
I should’ve known that he was telling my white lies,
Telling me stuff I want to hear
Telling me pretty little lies.
Like a thieving serpent.
Comes quietly and bites giving you venom.
The venom of fake love.
When he texted me telling me what happened,
I cut all my hopes and dreams away.
He told me “Don’t cut of me im not worth it”
But to me he was my everything.
I helped him off the ground when his spine was acting up.
I held him when he was scared.
I set him on the couch making sure he was okay.
But in the end he was just using me.
Apr 16, 2018
Apr 16, 2018 at 11:25 AM UTC
Once upon a blue moon,
Fairy tales come true.
Once upon a time,
Happily ever after was real.
So let me be April's fool 'til the dawn of midnight,
Believing each lie painted white.
Apr 1, 2018
Apr 1, 2018 at 7:48 AM UTC
Black shoelace, tied in knots
basks my face with paltry plots
stole my heart like summer's sin
heat is threatened by cool wind
Rear view mirror, burned by glow
reflects a frozen, fragile soul
they appear, my warm woes
white lies, turn from ash to coal
Crave smoke rings, periled fade
round' my solo fireplace
truths can't find their crumbs to trace
her sparrow, sings a love charade
All my years, i'm alive
caches in my brain's hard drive
my White lies, wear a Black shoelace
they delve deep, digest disgrace..
Nov 11, 2017
Nov 11, 2017 at 11:59 PM UTC
Be honest!
I'm not a fool
I know all the things you said were just facades of truth.
Don't say "I just don't want to hurt you"
Because these white lies impale me everyday
May 30, 2017
May 30, 2017 at 2:32 AM UTC
Someone asked me, what i am afraid of?
I wanted to say my own reflections
For it may reveal my darkness
But i froze..
Within the white lies
covered by
my blues..
Apr 21, 2017
Apr 21, 2017 at 7:53 AM UTC
...to do things i dislike doing,
to utter things i disagree with,
things that i deem as prevarications,
i think hard...and long,
i straighten my body,
especially my back...
but,
when i look around me, and see
dire circumstances, with palms opened
and eyes that beg....for all kinds of help,
physical, and otherwise,
i feel my back...bending........little by little,
'til i finally decide
to meet their eyes
...and briefly dip my feet,
...in a stream of white lies...
Sally
Copyright February 17, 2017
Rosalia Rosario A. Bayan
Feb 16, 2017
Feb 16, 2017 at 8:45 PM UTC
Last night you asked
What I was doing.
I didn't lie,
But I didn't tell the
whole truth.
May 31, 2016
May 31, 2016 at 6:57 PM UTC
We we're taught that lying is a sin
that truth is all it takes to be
Now is different from where we had been.
There are times we didn't expect things would be.
We must be sensitive on others feelings
Not to say words that'll just make things worst.
We're fragile and imperfect beings
Consider to it at first
It's fine to lie even though you knew
Its hard to stay silent
But its the best we can do
Untruth words for them to soothe
Than to see them suffer because of the truth
But whether a secret or not
The truth is bound to unfold
Soon they'll realize on their own
That if they were on your shoe, they will do the same too.
Mar 4, 2016
Mar 4, 2016 at 6:53 AM UTC
They believe I did it,
They saw it in my eyes;
But I didn't really do it,
You know the kind of lie.
I simply compromised;
And so, I didn't do it;
But I know I lied I did,
Have you used this disguise?
Caught up in your silly lie?
It started out sincerely,
I really meant to do it;
I had the plan in place,
It took me by surprise.
I honestly didn't do it,
And they believe I did;
But I know I didn't do it,
And I can't ****** answer, Why?
Nov 16, 2015
Nov 16, 2015 at 3:58 PM UTC
Cut your teeth
on gasoline,
white lies, small death
and saccharine.
Hollow chests,
empty smiles.
thoughts and hearts
will stop a while.
Cold hands,
cold hearts.
we're dangerous children
with poisonous darts.
Nov 26, 2014
Nov 26, 2014 at 12:40 AM UTC
It could only be a liquor-soaked tongue
spitting lines of future love,
grinding my memory to the ground,
leaving me with no recollection of the sound.
Aug 26, 2014
Aug 26, 2014 at 9:10 PM UTC
Where were you when I needed you?
I did more than ask you to stay, I pleaded you to.
All you were was another broken promise.
But to be honest, followed by you leaving was a certain calmness.
Because telling you I loved you, felt like choking on *****
I told you anyway,
Because I just wanted you to stay.
But all those White Lies, bleached my insides.
It spread in strides, and when it reached my lungs
It stung, I call out for help, And nobody comes.
Do you know what It's like to drown in bleach?
While watching everyone around you breathe?
© copyrighted Nicole Ann Osborn
Aug 7, 2014
Aug 7, 2014 at 4:04 PM UTC
Your body's shaking
Inside you're slowly breaking
You're out of control
& falling further down the hole
Bottom is approaching so fast
Worse than times past
Have I gone too far???
I feel so bizarre
My head says stop
My body's about to drop
I won't let it win
After all..... I am the one who let it in
I can easily throw it out
But that I doubt
Slow it down & take it easy
Eat something so you're not queasy
Watch your weight
Or they'll question when's the last time you ate??
Questions will arise
& the truth is covered with little white lies
Reality is they have no clue
On what you actually do
You hide your secret well
No on can even tell
Still no excuse
For excessive use
Don't lose your grip
It's all over once you slip
When it started out just for fun
You don't want to be out of your mind spun
Don't shorten your life with the risks you take
Be wise with the choices you make!
May 8, 2014
May 8, 2014 at 5:04 PM UTC