Honesty Poem by Justin Reamer

Honesty is a sacred thing.
Honesty, what we can call it,
What name we can give it,
Is endless, and ongoing,
But simply, honesty is the soul of truth.

Honesty is the woman
That loves you dearly
And cares about every nail
And tooth and bone
On your body,
The woman that loves you
With all her heart,
And is truthful to your every need.

Honesty is the Angel
That is righteous,
That casts evil away,
Stopping its trickery,
The Angel who ends burdens
That befall you,
Weighing you down on your back,
The Angel who casts away those weights
And anvils
And bricks
And cinder-blocks
That kill your back so,
And sends them away so that you may be relieved.

Honesty is the beautiful Emilia,
Who stood up to her own husband, Iago,
Who deceived everyone in Venice,
Even the great warrior Othello,
Who was tricked into
Killing his faithful wife, Desdemona.

Honesty is St. Michael the Archangel,
The noble angel of the Lord,
Who stood up to the proud Lucifer,
Who fell from heaven due to his pride.
Michael, who fought the dragon Satan,
Whom Lucifer became,
And sent the monster into hell,
Where the unclean fallen angel
Lives to rot away.

Honesty is the light that defeats the darkness,
Which removes the mask of lies,
And reveals the light of truth.
It whisks away all evils.

Honesty is the hero Odysseus,
Who will be truthful to all,
And will do what is right
In order to get home to see his family
And eventually save them.

Honesty is the Trojan Hector,
Who cares for his wife,
And for his child,
And fights honourably
Throughout the Trojan War,
And is honourable to his people
No matter what.
He only falls due to the trickery
Of the goddess Athena,
Who pretends to be his brother;
He is slain by Achilles,
The personification
Of Wrath and Rage
And of animistic traits,
Who is a monster at this point.
Hector falls to self-sacrifice
And thoughtful perseverance
And honourable service.

Honesty is Jesus,
The Son of God,
Who is truthful with all of His people,
All of His disciples,
And all of His Apostles.
He is love personified,
The Truth and the Word,
The Lord and the Shepherd.
He taught us how to be good people,
And taught us how to act like Christians,
And He gave His life to all of us,
To us imperfect beings,
Whom He loves so much,
And who will come again to save us
From the evils of this world.

Honesty is Siddhartha Gautama,
Who believed that every human,
No matter what caste they were
In the Hindu culture,
Could reach salvation.
Honesty is the Buddha who
Knew that any human could reach
Nirvana,
The highest state of mind anyone can have.
Siddhartha believed in the truth,
That all humans could reach Nirvana.
They could all meditate,
Follow the Eight-Fold Path,
And reach the Light of Truth,
Which is Nirvana.

Honesty is Mahatma Gandhi,
Who saw good in all people,
Who was truthful to himself
And to his people,
And stood up for what was right,
In a peaceful way.

Honesty is Prometheus,
The Titan who saw good in humans,
And blessed them with the gift of fire,
Which Zeus looked down upon.
Prometheus was honest with the people,
And showed them the truth in order to have
An advantage over the animals;
Prometheus,
The honest and noble Titan,
Caring for the lesser beings,
Who was eventually punished
By the god Zeus,
For infuriating him,
And blessing the humans with fire,
The humans whom he despised so much.

Honesty is Moses,
Who led his people out of Egypt,
Who willingly took responsibility
Of the murder he committed,
Who always maintained the covenant with God,
And who always served his people.
Moses, the wise man chosen by the Lord,
Took all accounts
And listened to everyone.
He maintained the covenant with God,
And maintained the Laws
They placed upon the Israelites.
He maintained the Commandments,
No matter what.

Honesty is Abraham,
Who heard God for the first time,
And responded to His call,
Who willingly gave himself over to Him,
Who was willing to listen to his Master,
The Lord in Heaven,
Who was willing to give his son, Isaac,
Over to the Lord as a tribute.

Honesty is God Himself,
The Almighty Father in Heaven,
Who knows all
Sees all,
And feels all,
Who is Mightier than we may ever be.
He is the Creator,
The one who gave light to this world,
The one who created the tides,
The one who lit the sun in the sky,
The one who planted the first seed,
The one who breathed air into our lungs,
The one who brought life to this Earth.
He is omniscient,
The one who knows the Beginning,
And the End,
And when that End will come,
And when Revelations will take its place,
And when Armageddon will come,
And when the Tribulation will take its toll.
He is also the Light,
The Truth,
The One Almighty Father,
The one we live by.
He is the Father,
Who loves us,
His Children,
Who would do anything for us,
No matter what.
He is the Great Father in Heaven,
Who is always good and kind,
And fights for the Truth.
He is Our Father,
Our Lord,
Our Creator,
And our Master.
He is honesty in truth.

Honesty can take on many names,
And yet it still exists.
It is the light and the truth,
The man with no facade,
The person who does everything right,
The noble angels,
And the one who stands for good.
Honesty is the soul of truth.