Lying, As a Fog
/Slender tendrils of fog
Slither in from a roiling sea
Coiling like snakes as they encounter
a tree standing on the shore
Settling to the damp moss
The mists begin to build
Rising to obscure branch and leaf
Blotting out the dawn’s dim light
First as a haze
Then a deep bank
Masking the tree’s presence
Seeking to deny its very existence
As the sun climbs higher in the morning sky
warming and illuminating the earth below
The fog begins to dissipate
Becoming unsustainable
In the face of the new day
Its moisture first coalescing
into dew on the ferns
Then being absorbed into the soil
its power spent
Until at last ‘tis gone
And the tree stands tall and firm
in the glory of the sun’s brilliance
Undenied
Thus is deceit like a fog
Forming from the struggles of one Man against another
Creeping as a shroud to cover
the trees, real and beautiful
Yet deceit cannot stand
against Light and Warmth
and will ultimately fall against it
allowing what was hidden to again hold forth
Towering above all
Proud
Strong
And True
By Mike Turner
From: United States
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