Tell Me Truth

“Facts are stubborn things and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations,
or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the
state of facts and evidence.”
–John Adams

Tell me truth, unadorned, raw and
bare to the bone.
Cut no corners.
Do not speak things you think I
want to hear, or should hear,
or need to hear.
I have no fear of truth.
I wish to be liberated from
falsehoods, misconceptions,
and truths that once held sway
but now have been
set aside for the sake
of new light that
magnifies the
human adventre.

“He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier
to do it a second and third time, till at length it
becomes habitual; he tells lies without
attending to it, and truths without the
world’s believing him.  This falsehood
of tongue leads to that of the
heart, and in time depraves
all its good disposition.”
–Thomas Jefferson