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Beautiful Crumbs

Unsanitizing life

By Jania WilliamsPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
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You can stand at his grave

In your cloud of delusion

Embellishing his life

A Sanitized version

Omit the inconvenient truth

You can stand there and hide

Behind rose coloured glasses

The ones through which you told his story

A false portrayal

Now etched into stone

You can play this charade

Insist he was perfect

A superior being

Faultless and pure

And insult his soul

You can obscure the truth

Conceal what is real

Sweep the crumbs of his life under the rug

And walk away grieving

Your tragic illusion

But I’ll lift that rug

And shake it with vigor

I’ll celebrate his life

Honor him

As the crumbs dance

with glorious rapture

freedom

and truth.

sad poetry
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About the Creator

Jania Williams

I have always found verbal communication challenging, so I write.

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