Tell A Lie Poem by Abdul Wahab

Tell A Lie

Rating: 4.6


Tell a lie against a liar
As it will put him on the pyre
And add to it some good butter
This will make him a good food of the fire.

Thousand lies can not make a truth
But the truth can die a gruesome death
So I must have to tell a lie to save the truth
Lies are like salt and pepper to the wound
And lies can bread fast without any ground
The inflicted wound of the truth getting sour
And the life of the truth becomes too bitter
So it is better to tell a lie against a lie
Though I know it will not make a truth but makes the lie die
The lie can not go scot-free and be allowed freely to multiply.
So the liar must be checkmated by a lie and stunned his growth
As it will strangulate him and he will be out of breath to death.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Nyeira Leonard 17 March 2012

that was a great poem!

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ijlal Haider 18 March 2012

truth by true words... lines like Lies are like salt and pepper to the wound And lies can bread fast without any ground So the liar must be checkmated by a lie and stunned his growth are simply great....

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Salema Khatun 18 March 2012

This is the real power of logic, telling lie is a sin, in every society, but we find also liars in every strata of the society, the so called wrong idea become a justified idea by share of logic, i think no one can deny it...kudos to the logical faculty of the poet, and it seems to me the poet can compose a piece of poetry out of anything...hats off................................

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Aman Sa 20 March 2012

Its a very wel written poem, bold and imposing..though I do not agree with the philosophy behind for a simple reason that if you tell a lie for a lie you are in fact letting it multiply and doesnt the poet contradicted himself? ? ? Still for the poem I give 8 whole heartedly

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Michael Williams 19 March 2012

Well written and I agree. I would rather you hate me for the truth than to love me for a lie.

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Danny Draper 18 March 2012

A lie to counteract a lie, in mathematics 2 negatives make a positive, maybe the case here. An age old concept interestingly discussed.

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Ekaterina M. Polischuk 18 March 2012

wonderful poem in its structure and meaning. in its truth. bravo!

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Mehta Hasmukh Amathalal 18 March 2012

Tell a lie against a liar As it will put him on the pyre And add to it some good butter This will make him a good food of the fire....... good narration... lovely presentation

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