Don't shield me from the truth

Don't shield me
From the truth
I need to
Know it now
Nothing else
Will do
It doesn't
Matter how

However I
Respond
Be it fair
Or foul
Give me
Unrelenting truth
And wait to
Hear me howl

And true
I will not like it
If my subtleties
Are scorned
But how indeed
I'll revel
When with truth
I am adorned