Spawn of Lies

By Gray Vision

Like a festering wound,
This irritation grows
And try as you must
There’s no deterring this curse.
It starts out as one,
Then rapidly disperse,
It only takes one,
Then there’s no reverse,
It becomes a part of you,
A part known as deceit,
The worst quality in a person,
The one you can’t delete
It starts as a small lie,
What some consider “white lies.”
And pretty soon those white lies,
Give birth to black lies.
Akin to fire
These lies know no end
Burning family and friends,
Even the hand it’s dealt.
In the end,
When it’s all said and done
A lie, is a lie
No matter how small
No matter how much we deny,
Because in the very end,
It’s just another lie.

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Copyright 2010 Gray Vision
Published on Wednesday, April 7, 2010.     Filed under: "Reflective" and "Poetry"

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  • A former member wrote: this is a good one

  • Gray Vision On Wednesday, March 28, 2012, Gray Vision (425)By person wrote:

    What rev, you're superman now? Anyways, thank you for commenting, I'm glad you liked it. Take care =)

  • A former member wrote: u depict lies in a very real and sensible way...the imagery is awesome and it really gets the memories racing, thank you for an intense read :)

  • Gray Vision On Wednesday, January 12, 2011, Gray Vision (425)By person wrote:

    Thank you Ice, I'm glad you enjoyed it, take care and thank you for commenting =)

  • A Life Without You On Saturday, July 3, 2010, A Life Without You (146)By person wrote:

    Some serious truth. It unfortunately sounds like this is close to home... excellent write GV

  • Gray Vision On Sunday, July 4, 2010, Gray Vision (425)By person wrote:

    Thanks bud, I'm glad you liked it. I'll have some more works posted here soon I hope lol. Thanks again =)

  • Riven Waker On Wednesday, June 30, 2010, Riven Waker (323)By person wrote:

    this piece is replete with wisdom - & ironically, with honesty

  • Gray Vision On Wednesday, June 30, 2010, Gray Vision (425)By person wrote:

    I like this one as well because of the truth it holds, glad you enjoyed it RW thank you =)

  • A former member wrote: a lie is a lie no matter what we do..so true.........great work .keep it comming

  • Gray Vision On Sunday, June 27, 2010, Gray Vision (425)By person wrote:

    I'm trying, I'll have some more posted soon promise =)

  • A former member wrote: This iz awsome...veryy deep..

  • Gray Vision On Sunday, June 27, 2010, Gray Vision (425)By person wrote:

    Thank you very much for commenting =)

  • Gray Vision On Friday, April 30, 2010, Gray Vision (425)By person wrote:

    Indeed also some of the metaphors I used for example, "And pretty soon those white lies, give birth to black lies." I used the term/ phrase "Black lies" because people associate black to be bad, even though black can embody something beautiful like ebony for instance. Anyways thank you for your support and encouragement and I'll keep writing.

  • lupus tenebrae On Wednesday, April 7, 2010, lupus tenebrae (872)By person wrote:

    Great write, no matter how insignificant the lie it's still a lie and will always evolve into bigger lies, it's deadly progression at its finest. Well done, thanks. Scholar

  • Gray Vision On Sunday, June 27, 2010, Gray Vision (425)By person wrote:

    Yep it's like a language once you learn it you can't unlearn it. Thanks for the comment wolfy =)

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