An Attribute Taught

There shouldn't be so many different shades of truth.
But there seems today there is.
With varieties of it to pursue.

I remember as a youth,
There was only one avenue taken,
To the root of truth.

And 'if' that way was not admitted...
There was a punishment dealt,
With a quick releasing of deceit...
As a prerequisite.

Everyone I knew back then,
Has been successfully delivered...
From those cloak and dagger issues.

There shouldn't be so many different shades of truth.
But there seems today there is.
With varieties of it to pursue.

And there is something that can be said,
About maturing in one's head.
To be fed up with a life of hide and seek...
Is an attribute taught,
That should be sought to teach!

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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