You call it the brutal truth <br />All these hatreds that you spew <br />You try to force on others <br />The faults that you find in you <br /> <br />You hold the mirror to others <br />Just so you don't have to see <br />That what the mirror's reflecting <br />Is not brutal honesty <br /> <br />They're really prejudices <br />Your heart formed long ago <br />You hide behind the mirror <br />While others faults you show <br /> <br />The only thing that's truthful <br />In what you call honesty <br />Is the hateful words you use <br />And your raw brutality <br /> <br />It's a trick of deflection <br />Not reflection that you play <br />But your brutal honest truth <br />Will catch up to you some day <br /> <br />So be careful where you point <br />Your high powered perception <br />And don't mistake honest truth <br />For brutal misconception<br /><br />The Poet Darkling<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-brutal-truth/
