“A Truthful Expression”

If you choose to refuse truth
Truth shall refuse to free you
From these same shackles that have been
And is, will always choose to stay,

But not in the presence of truth
For that which is, has already been
And what is to be, has already been
And God requires an account of every passing time…

For truth has been a healer
And truth has hurt a man like a bad tooth,
Truth has been compassionate
Yet, has been passionately hated, misused and abused

I have seen the truth crush a man’s heart to pieces
And throw him in jail
Yet, only the truth shall set a man free…

Draw near your ears Oh! Youthful fellow
Before you eat up the bread of sorrow
Let no guilt rest upon your conscience
And for truth, do not lose patience

For mercy and truth shall preserve the king
And the splendour of old men is their grey hair
The silver-haired head is a crown of glory
If found in the way of truth and righteousness.

©Uche (2002)