Truth, Lies, and Reality

Truth, Lies, and Reality

A group poem by Pod __

I was wondering

What is reality

Because my reality isn't even normality

Lies, they are definitely not the truth

And they are not reality

But what is truth and what is reality?

The truth may be

That we are all being manipulated

By some unseen, unfathomable puppet master

Are the conspiracy theories

Just government lies

Or our perspective on reality?

What's the truth? What's reality?

We can get technical

But let's not play technicalities

How do we decipher between

What is fed to us

And what is real?

When somebody tells us one thing

And someone else another

Who is it that we should trust?

Is reality only what is perceived in the mind

Or does it exist externally

As a thing of its own?

Lies are opinion

Yet truth is fact

Opinions lead to lies

The truth hurts

Hear it now or hear it later

It's all reality

The truth will bring relief

The landing of a leaf

Not a bouncing ball

The truth will set you free

Step up to the ticket booth

Where you must pay the price