Once I had to tell a lie, <br />Of course, out of forced circumstances, <br />But it did not stop there, <br />It followed me wherever I went. <br /> <br />Lie was followed by its companions, <br />A long chain of lies, <br />It saved me from a punishment, <br />But kept hurting my honest heart. <br /> <br />Guilty feelings accompanied it, <br />Beyond limit it troubled me, <br />My sleep, my books all desterted me, <br />Left me thinking, Oh! You are a liar. <br /> <br />It made me confess shamefacedly, <br />Brought along punishments, <br />Only a few, what worth they, <br />When compared to the extensive disturbance. <br /> <br />Lie lies concealed, <br />The truth stands still, <br />All troubled feelings gone, <br />Happiness regained once more. <br /> <br />Honesty is the best policy, <br />The wise saying did teach me, <br />Though only through experience, <br />What its meaning did really mean.<br /><br />snigdha rajesh<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/from-a-throne-of-thorns/
