I WILL SPEAK THE TRUTH
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 |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 687 |
Words | 143 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
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