Paths IX

When presented with the lie
You naturally will resist, right

But what about all the rest
Of all listeners, I do speak

And then there's that one thing
Time, and all that it enwraps

Everything it holds prisoner
Made so difficult to unbind

It can be done, but never easily
Many never know truth in chains

Deception is such a selfish thing
Compounded by the long view

For a lie measured over distance
Can become accepted knowledge

It comes down to the listener
And the elusive freedom to think

A desire to dig for something lost
And a mind that is willing to find

When imprisoned, bound in chains
You must be extremely dangerous

And truth cannot entertain a lie
....... but didn't we choose both