On Living A Lie

Every human

Lives a lie.

 

Much of this is protective.

A self-imposed barrier

Against the inevitable pains of life.

 

The most sacred of things

Are held preciously

In the human heart.

 

And life

Does not spare these things.

 

Thus,

The human

Creates a denial

In order to keep himself

From witnessing the demise

Of the sacred.

 

There are Truths

That are so painful

That they float deep within the human psyche

Never being allowed to make it to one’s lips.

 

The human

Lives a life

Of quiet struggle.

 

He struggles

With the good

And the bad.

 

He struggles

With having to bear

Things that are too difficult

To bear.

 

It is foolish

For a man to feel

That he should stop living a lie

For reasons of goodness, rightness, or morality.

 

Such are but manufactured notions

Devoid of Truth.

 

The human lives a lie

Because he must.

 

All things

From relationship to circumstance

Test his abilities of endurance.

 

The Truth

Is too much.

 

Because Life

Is too much.

 

The day he stops living a lie,

He moves toward Freedom.

 

But this Freedom

Comes at a cost.

 

And this cost

Is often too heavy

To pay.

 

Namaste.