! ...I Would Not Lie (Sonnet) Poem by Seema Aarella

! ...I Would Not Lie (Sonnet)

Rating: 2.9


I would not want to lie, I swear by my speech,
But I can trade my life in exchange of pride.
If cheats ruled and truth was made to beseech,
I would have implored rather to have lied.
Undaunted cheaters shout aloud, their quote
I toil hard to amplify my damped voice
Some day mankind, of me, will take note
And join my murmurs to rebel that noise
At each turn of road I meet a demon
That tempts me into its palace of sin
Given to the wish of reaching heaven
My soul fights, outer vice and wants within
If known that truth kills, I will not then lie
I rather walk this path, with pride, and die!

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar 07 February 2009

A powerful poem powerfully admonish. shanmugam

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Sathyanarayana M V S 06 February 2009

Very good effort Seema. Thanks for changing the style. It is a pleasure to read ur poems.

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Vaibhav Pandey 04 February 2009

the path of truth can be tough but can never be wrong......powerful words......surely world will notice. 10

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Eddie Roa 02 February 2009

Truth sometimes offends but a lie are by itself is vice.

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