The Greatest Of All Sins Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Lieing has never been considered,
To be the greatest of all sins.
But a lie can destroy 'everything',
One knows about the Ten Commandments.
If found avoiding them to keep,
From being accused...
Of not to follow them faithfully.
Since a lie to tell most do to do well.

To speak with truth and not dilute reality,
Has never made the doing of it popular.
Or left one to feel who speaks it,
As if they were being overwhelmed...
By too much love and hospitality shown.
Truth to cheer is seldom heard to hear.

But today many are finding themselves,
Awakening to discover these are different times.
To have forgotten who it was they had accused,
Of attempting to destroy their quality of life.
By too much truth to introduce.
That may keep the sliding into pits,
Nonexistent yet kept deluded pretentious values.
Believe it or not...
Truth for many represents a negativity.
Yet disaster to embrace for some is welcomed.

Up is down and down is up these days.

Although...
Come together in protest they will,
A truth revealed now wished to want.
But not wished to want to flaunt,
Is the reality of it.
Or the pursuit of it to let go of their perceptions.
In fear of thoughts to live a life,
That has been completely freed from delusions.

Up is down and down is...
Well...
Luck for many it seems.

So...
Continue they do to protest against,
The disappearance of standards and values...
They have created.
With expectations a facing of truth to do,
Will improve their fantasized lives.
And 'this' to allow and permit,
Validates the greatest of all sins they commit.