Curtains down

hard work, honesty beget success
Demonstrated, deeply ingrained in
my nubile mind’s receptive circuit
-Woke consciousness junks the lies


they worship sleeping gods, but the
priest chooses silence in Truth’s
deepest interest; life’s gift is superb
the end will reveal a deserved surprise


W3 Prompt #219

Lines chosen for the Golden Shovel are from Emily Dickinson’s poem, shared by Jodi

Tell all the truth but tell it slant —
Success in Circuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth’s superb surprise
As Lightning to the Children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind —


W3 Prompt #219

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