A Lie in Reality [Double Tanka]

by Khalid M Darwish   Apr 24, 2013


What made me so sad
isn't your lying but that
from now and then
I will not be able to
believe you any longer

A lie can wander
so fast all around the world
while reality
seems so boring, coming
slow and hardly getting dressed

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  • 10 years ago

    by Wild Flower

    Oooh thats so true, after a lie its difficult to trust that person the same way, and also sometimes we'll see them differently.
    Love this piece:)

  • 10 years ago

    by dalllllal

    So true .. It's not the lie its the consequences that follow that break the bond

  • 10 years ago

    by Hannah Lizette

    An unbelievably true write, Khalid! Lies aren't worth the trust that could be forever broken. Truth is always the key to any relationship to thrive.

    I love the ending line, it's unique and really stands out.

  • 10 years ago

    by xXxMidnight SoulxXx

    Awh this one is really wow!! it made me want to cry since i'm not the saint others would love me to be i can say i tell the truth but in reality i don't at times i LOVE the first stanza cause thta's the one that my heart bleed to read it really got the my heart going! and it's true what a lie can do to any relationship...5/5

    Queen Ashlin

  • 10 years ago

    by TSI25

    Very thought provoking. i felt a kind of depth in the last couple lines

    "seems so boring, coming
    slow and hardly getting dressed.."

    and it really made me think about the aptness of that metaphor; somehow it just seems... correct though i cant really think of any other way to state it.

    over all a very short, very powerful piece about the dangers of lying, especially to those you lie about. a lie can be a low acting poison that will tear people apart - even long after the lie has become irrelevant.