Tag: lies

Break the breakers

  There’s no way to escape the truth Even when we lie to ourselves Our truths linger in the precipice Our lies bleed onto our conscious   The truth’s hangover is deep Waves of guilt pushing out the venom Crying only brings more pain Nose to the bowl […]

The Psychology of Lying

Lies make the world go round. Especially mothers. As author John Green said, “Mothers lie. It’s in the job description”. We don’t like to call it lying. In fact we invent all sorts of euphemisms for it – gilding the lily, telling tall tales, inventing a fish story, […]