White Lies

“Be honest with me,”
she lies;
her expectations higher than
I could ever reach.

Tact versus truth;
to tell what is, rather
than what she’d prefer, would
be a shovel of my own devising.

Save her feelings and
avoid another fight, or
foster conflict for the sake of
catharsis.

The thing of it is
I can’t even distinguish between
what’s real or fantasy anymore;
truthfully, I stopped trying
a while ago.

by Erik Shinker

7 thoughts on “White Lies”

Victoria Ray NB

Well done 👍;))

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November 26, 2019 at 12:52 pm Reply
1. Perpetually Past Due
  
  Thank you! 😊
  
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  November 26, 2019 at 12:54 pm Reply
Liz Gauffreau

Grim . . .

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November 26, 2019 at 5:36 pm Reply
1. Perpetually Past Due
  
  Unfortunately so.
  
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  November 26, 2019 at 6:54 pm Reply
mitchteemley

Yes. I was there once.

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November 26, 2019 at 6:27 pm Reply
1. Perpetually Past Due
  
  Well I’m glad you no longer are 🙂
  
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  November 26, 2019 at 6:54 pm Reply
Paul

Wow!!
Spot on!

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December 22, 2019 at 10:20 pm Reply

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