Certainly, they say …
As if they could ever know;
Absolutely not, they cry,
It simply can’t be so.
Intuition elevating,
Pundits, prophets masquerading,
Fact and fancy integrating,
Sages, mages guesstimating.
Truth lies beyond the senses
Yet underneath it all;
Tripping on our misconceptions
We stumble ’til we fall.
Truth lies beyond the fences
Where we can hear it call,
Blinded by our preconceptions
We simply see a wall.
Let’s admit what we don’t know,
Scout the way before we go,
Look and listen, let truth show
Where truth lies.
Can’t be done, they shout …
As if they’d ever really tried;
Positively is, they scream,
It cannot be denied.
Circumstantial evidences,
Cynics cite coincidences,
Pontificated providences,
Sages, mages building fences.
Truth lies beyond our guesses,
It’s more than what we think;
Yet we speak our bold excesses,
Proclaim without a blink.
Truth lies beyond our messes
Of rhetoric and bile,
Smoke-and-mirror eloquences,
Insubstantial style.
Let’s admit we don’t know why,
Chart a course before we fly,
Look and listen, let truth scry
Where truth lies.
Steve Goble writes fantasy, horror, science fiction and sometimes poetry. He invites readers to visit his blog, Swords Against Boredom.
10 Responses to “TRUTH LIES • by Steve Goble”
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April 2nd, 2009 at 6:00 am
Great concept. Very fine writing in a tradional rhyming style and rhythm which carries the reader along in it’s stride-like, parrying pace.
April 2nd, 2009 at 6:30 am
Well done, Steve. I really enjoyed the forceful rhythm of this and liked the playing around with words. “Guesstimating” ! Great fun.
Found “mages” in the dictionary, but “scry”? Where’d that come from?!
April 2nd, 2009 at 7:27 am
to scry (verb) – to predict the future using crystal balls
Great poem btw – 5 stars.
April 2nd, 2009 at 8:48 am
And you’ll be glad to know, Steve that you were our most read poet for February so look out – those Interview questions are coming your way
This one is another great! Thank you.
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:45 am
Thanks for the comments all.
And thank you, Oonah and crew, for this outlet for creativity. Thanks for the heads-up about the interview, too. I’ll try to sound like I know what I’m talking about …
April 2nd, 2009 at 11:10 am
My dictionary has no word “scry.” I think the word “scry” should be spelled “’scry” with the apostrophe beginning the word for:
1. descry -v.t. to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully; discern; espy
2. to discover; perceive; detect.
April 2nd, 2009 at 11:36 am
Hmmm…I found it wordy and somewhat forced…I must be having an off day.
April 2nd, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Really enjoyed this! I liked the rhythm and rhyme, which carried along the argument. And whether “scry” is in the dictionary or not – those of us who read fantasy are surely very familiar with it…
April 2nd, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Roberta: It’s often good to have more than one dictionary. “Scry” is somewhat archaic, but it’s still a word. PK Maric offered a fine definition above; indeed, it’s pretty much the same as that I found in my dictionary just now.
There is no need for an apostrophe.
April 3rd, 2009 at 7:58 am
I have five dictionaries, but the one I most use does not have it. I shall add the word “scry” to my list of new-to-me fantasy words. Thank you.