I WILL SPEAK THE TRUTH

TANUJA THAKUR 1967 (Haldwani)



I will speak the truth...
I will speak the truth,
Raw and unfiltered.
Not a heady cocktail,
but just plain water, clear and crystal.
It will not be a candy dipped in sugar syrup,
Nor a curry tempered with salt and spice.
It will be stark, either black or white,
and no shades in between.
I will do a jig if the truth creates a flutter,
and rejoice if it silences the noise.
And yes the truth will not be a shout,
the words will count, the tone measured.
The truth will be audaciously simple,
will look straight into the eyes and smile.
This is it,
and that's it!
Because a truth is a truth,
Not your's or mine.
                                  Tanuja Thakur, 2.10.2021

About this poem

The poem is a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the nation..India

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Written on February 10, 2021

Submitted by tanujat2003 on October 04, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AAbcdefghijkbdlmmani
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 687
Words 143
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20

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A bureaucrat working for Indian railways living currently in Mumbai, India. She is a traveller at heart and dabbles in poetry written in English and Hindi. more…

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