A Dialogue: What is True? :: harveygrund :: Original Poetry

A Dialogue: What is True?

A Dialogue: What is True?

Tell me something you know is true!

I know that the sky is blue!

The sky is only gas

if you see blue

its only through

the prism of your eye

Then the truth must be that

the sky is blue

when viewed through ones eye

You're closer now to what is true

but everyone's eyes are unique

while you're eye sees a shade of blue

my eye may see a different hue

Then what I see is not truly blue?

Oh no, it is truly blue

your own unique shade of blue

and the hue I see when I see the sky

may be different than you

but no less true

Tell me please,

I don't understand,

how can both be true?

Because truth itself is quite as unique

as the prism of your eye

What one believes to be true

is true

unless proven a lie

Now go, dear boy, and diligently apply

this lesson everywhere

You'll find "the truth" promoted

by every peasant and every king.

You'll hear "the truth" in every land

and if you're quite astute

you'll also find that very few

of these "truths" are absolute.