To Lie Like Her Poem by Randy McClave

I wished that I could lie the way that she did
I wish my deceit could easily be hid,
If only that I could do, what she easily can
I guess by her accounts, I would be one happy man.
I wished about other people's feelings I didn't care
If at their problems I would laugh as I would stare,
I wished that I could only think and always put myself first
And if only in everyone else I saw the worst.

I wished that I could lie as easily as she did
I wish over my emotions I could place an iron lid,
If only I could lie and cheat with no emotions to show
Then I wonder if her type of peace would I finally know.
If different women I could hold and occasionally be with
It would then become my truest fact and not a myth,
And then to each woman I could easily tell an untruth
Then they wouldn't know me as being a liar and uncouth.

I wished that I could lie as truthfully as she had
Then always smiling and happy and not depressed or sad.
If I too could have people believing me with just a smile
While them not knowing of my darkened soul or guile.
If I could go to church and ignor all of Jesus's teachings
And falling upon deafened ears would be the preacher's preachings,
I wish like her I didn't believe in truth and love
I truly wish that I could lie like she easily and always does.

Randy L. McClave