Truth Is What It Is Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

The only thing truth can not prevent,
Is the reappearance of ignorance.
As soon as truth is revealed,
There will always be someone who feels...
An urgent need to question its credentials.
And...
From where they had been earned.

'Truth is what it is.'

~Is that so?
And how do you know this?
What proof do you have? ~

'The living of life and learning from experiences.'

~I see.
And those experiences you claimed to have lived,
Qualifies you to recognize truth?
From who's point of view? ~

'Those who know truth for what truth is.'

~And I suppose you're here to tell me,
I am yet to be exposed to it? ~

'Don't be silly.
You know you're not the one to be told anything.
You know you are not the one,
To listen to truth spoken and to know it when done.'