Sincerity

Sunday lessons

By M. A. Mehan Published about a year ago • 1 min read

if you see any words misspelled, no you don't. I'm a writer, not a spellist

Watch their lips and count their teeth

Guard your trust with lock and key

The air grows thick with honeyed words

When sincerity’s a commodity

Whispers buzz in insect swarms

And truth becomes a luxury

A million lies take friendly form

When sincerity’s a commodity

When faces are polished like porcelain and glass

And open smiles are an oddity

You’ll see that perfection is outsourced and effort is crass

When sincerity’s a commodity

When too many fingers and two-faced words

Are praised as accessibility

When scorn is the feeling that unites the world

When sincerity’s commodity

When gossip and blue light are how we relate

And faith becomes a luxury

We are all reduced to a flatterer’s fate

When sincerity’s a commodity

"It simply isn't an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons." ~ J. R. R. Tolkien

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