Openness

Secrets are the Devil’s wasteland
Held inside the dark recesses of
An unrelenting Hell
Waiting to unleash their bane.

Holding back and holding on to
Enigmatic mysteries
(When only truth holds freedom’s fare)
Can only be a source of pain.

Mayhap there lives a smarter option
To this lost and cryptic world,
One whose prospect need not be
A grand deception filled with lies.

Might it be an open mind that
Leaves the hurt of guile behind
And paves the path to a peaceful mind.
The ultimate surprise.

Shall I listen?
Might I hear?
May I not react with haste?
To cast the die before its cue
Leaves such a bitter aftertaste.

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