An Honest Show

28 June 2026  ·  honesty · confession · torment

A man sits at a dressing table in a dim, lamp-lit room, studying his own reflection in the mirror, a glass and an ashtray in front of him.

A chance to right the wrongs I’ve made
An all too common escapade
To pour my heart on empty page
To quell the fear, and calm the rage

Relief rewards the honest man
Unburdened, no more an almost-ran
The honest show of a liar’s mind
Is something that is hard to find

The judgement now for all to see
Release the dogs that ravage me
To untrained eye, a heart so cold
That thaws each day as I grow old

In times of grief it locks away
The things it knows it wants to say
Clarity brings such emotions raw
You choose, forgive or just abhor

A path that flows away from light
Unspeak the vows I made that night
Forever at the Devil’s gain
One more day to live and grow insane