Honesty

Honesty

By

Nathan Caleb Camerer

Honesty is not always the best policy

Sometimes, something you say or do in the spirit of honesty

Turns into a hand grenade

And blows up in your face

That confession of love or caring

Can become a cancer

And a day

Or a week

Or a month

Maybe a year down the road

Causes something to be twisted around

Assumption

Speculation

The wrong idea

Because of the context

You find yourself out in the cold

Broke and bloody and gasping for air

Is lying and cheating and deception

A better choice

The same result can be found

If that’s the course you choose

The pain can be the same

But I think it’s less

Maybe just a little

When you’re honest with yourself

With your friends

With your family

Honesty is not always the best policy

But it’s the one I choose