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Sunday, July 6, 2014

Excessive Honesty

Just because you see it, know it, recognize it

doesn't mean you have to say it.

Let's hear the cheers

for reticence

and the kindness of not saying.

 

Let's strive to live and let live,

if that's not too old-fashioned.

Let's keep out of trouble

by keeping our mouths shut.

 

Just because we can reveal

our home truths (or someone else's)

doesn't mean we should.

May we practice an economy of words

and recognize silence as a force for good.

May we on occasion contemplate, not communicate.

 

"I think, therefore I am" is what Descartes said.

Not "I reveal, therefore I am."

Excessive honesty, freely expressed,

will lead to tears.

Be chary.

Hold back.

Tie your tongue now and then.

Hush.

 

 

Copyright 2014 Ann Tudor

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