Honsety! Honestly?

Honesty is but a passing fancy.
No one takes it seriously unless
It works to their advantage,
Then is morphs to paramount.
 
Flags are waived and banners carried
Urging, begging for the truth.
But whose truth do the masses seek?
Whose reality will count?
 
Targets move and facts evolve as
Envy struts and flexes strong to
Muddy waters once pristine and
Bait the tongue with viscous pique.
 
But vision sharpens by degree and
Heralds shout in loud decree
The treasures born in honesty
Are like a finger in the dike.
 
And where will you in purpose be
When life relies on honesty?
 
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