No Reason to Get Worked Up About It

without truth you have nothing // less than nothing // really // 

what do you have? // a lie? // a lie you can believe in // 

will that make you happy? // 

ultimately?
after living this (my life) to its fullest // i am neither shocked nor dismayed // 

to find the truth of lies crumpled up and thrown on my porch // 

as that robin who flew into the door // on a windy spring day //
Your deceptions aren’t earth-shattering to me // I, too, was living through the darkness // 

before i was called away // 

it can make you happy for a moment // 

take it!!! // Take it all!! // RUN! FLY! SAIL! // 

on these our memories are built // and all else be damned // 

go ahead // cheat, steal, and lie // 

gather your miserable baubles // 

clutch them tight to your chest // 

close your eyes 

as the world winds down // 

to find itself 

some rest