So I hung out with my friend “Willy” last night (William Shakespeare – love his words) and Muse showed up desiring to play, so my prose discusses the “today” of life that is so filled with commercial artifice and pretense, please enjoy!
TRUTH
Is that you The persistent hovering near the backstory of my being … Truth,where art thou? I sense your longing to reveal all. You seem so close yet far away I can’t quite touch you surrounded by life’s illusions, this glamour of falsity, enticed by artificial pleasures.~
Are you still really there? Cloaked dissimilation, Truth, you present naught but ambiguity of manner, unrecognizable. I cannot bear your distortion. trapped within life’s backdrop the current unfolding drama, or should I say comedy (of errors perchance?). ~ I sigh for such is life today where truths are only words … of which are played. And we, most amateur of playwrights unable to see you as you really are, make much of puzzling enigmas, while busily fashioning the fashions of the state of our being.~
Alas, the curtain will still rise the show must go on. If I could but see and know you But truth be told I don’t know that I would recognize you from the falsity of purpose you’ve become. Could you, would you come a little closer and give not just an essence but a pureness of thought word and deed, For I find, we need you now more than ever. ~ Penny L Howe, 2013
Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend,
The Why About This 
That is remarkable. I particularly savored
“And we, most amateur of playwrights
unable to see you as you really are,
make much of puzzling enigmas,
while busily
fashioning the fashions
of the state of our being.”
You have quite a muse Penny. 🙂
Thanks emmy, you do too, so I am very flattered by your compliment. 🙂
Love Shakespeare and really enjoyed this deep and thought-provoking poem Penny. xx
Thank you Ruth! He’s one of my hero’s when it comes to the “written word” of things! 🙂
Me too! xx
Your writing has truly risen to a new level. There is so much to ponder in this poem. I am reminded of how difficult it has become to have true conversation with so many whose truths are colored by the voices of the many “talking heads”.
I sort of hid behind a simpler quality of writing the first half of year I blogged. I was concerned I’d be considered an intellectual, too heavy, or something like that. It is fun to sneak these pieces in, however. Glad you enjoyed this LuAnn. 🙂
Bravo! The bard was in attendance upon the Muse Today!
Yeah, I do like to hang out with him, I must admit, occasionally he even manages to pass on a bit of his wit and personality. Thank you mj, hope your weekend is being good to you! xx
Brilliant Penny!
I love that you stood up to “Truth” and challenged it to boot ~
“But truth be told
I don’t know that I would recognize you
from
the falsity of purpose
you’ve become.”
So much to think about here —
and yes – “we need you now more than ever.”
~ How true this is!!!
Sending Love to my most favorite blog-soul-friend ! RLx
Thanks Robyn. Things are convoluted today aren’t they? Love returned to my most favorite blog-soul-friend! Hope your weekend has started off well for you! 🙂 xoxo
This was a true soliliqoy of a poem, I could picture the stage (all the world of it) and you musing as we bloggers sat around in a semi circle pondering your words. loving your oh so subtle references too!
You truly make truth an enigma, something tangible yet almost mystical even though we are aware of it. I imagine truth to answer you with such stunningly chosen words as “not on your nelly, will you glimpse me clearly duck”, but such would be the skill of Shakespeare, or his willingness to drink and let the effects jazz up his scripts that you would find truth and it would be a ghost of a metaphor. This would lead to you finding all the answers and then exiting stage right (persued by bear).
Thank you SteJ! Yes I see all those things myself. You’re correct! Truth would be amazingly blunt, specific and to the point and Shakespeare’s chosen words affecting the bluntness with a raw subtlety of expression of which his actors would brilliantly portray!
There would be themes too, he loved a good theme, he would have been proud of the film version of Richard III, that theme went..der, der, der, DUH, DUH, der!
A Classic for certain! lol
It sounds better when you watch the film…I can safely assure you of that, hehe.
As I was reading that, it seemed to me like it William talking to you through a fog of distortion. Trying to find if the world today is any different for the world in his time.
I love this Penny, very well done.
Thanks Alastair, I do love his words (and certainly would not think of comparing anything I wrote to his most excellent literature) but reading his words does put me in a certain mindset that is creatively stimulating! 🙂 xx
And it shone through really well