This Ain’t No Lie

-This Ain’t No Lie-
by Keaton Foster


Telescopic
Inferences
Bombastic
References
Quasi happenstance
Turned upon its head
Each and every bit of it
Lending me some relevance
Please know
This ain’t no lie
Nor would it need to be
The truth
Is my only God
My deity of blasphemy
There of course are others
Gods meant for the masses
Gods upon their own crosses
Ones that I have no need for
Ones that I have no time for
Sure I know that I’ll pay
Whatever the sum
Of all of my actions
Easily I’ll offer it up
I am here
On this earth
This solo rock spinning
In the motionless sky
To do what I do
To speak every damn truth
Even if no one hears me
Even if no one cares for me
I’ll just keep doing it
What must be done
As I of course see it
This ain’t not lie
These words are like stones
By themselves pointless
Unused in purpose
But together
They can build anything
Of meaning and significance
Sure I don’t always make sense
Sure what I mean is not so clear
Some of this is all filler
And very little thriller
Busy hands are busy
Idles hands are lazy
A wicked mind
Runs in parallel
With a crooked spine
A hardened heart beats
Against the pain faced
Life is about living
Regardless of grievance
Something once said to me
I should have listened
This ain’t no lie
This is the truth
As best as I know it
As sure as I understand it
I stand at odds with any god
I stand at odds with any man
Most of all myself
I pose the questions
That either is willing to ask
I push the boundaries of myself
And of my fellow kind
I simply have to
There is nothing else
Nothing that I am comfortable with
Nothing that I am willing forgive
I’ll pay dearly
I am quite sure of that
God is only so kind
God only forgives so much
He has taught me much
Probably more than most
His lessons have jaded me
All while inspiring me
Thus
I ask all that I can
Between the folds of each line
This ain’t no lie
Nor will it ever be…


This Ain’t No Lie
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2014.