What is truth? Truth is what?

InYah

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What is truth?
Truth is the present.
Present, the here and now
Now, at this moment in time
Time, there is no such thing when in joy
Joy, the total opposite of sorrow
Sorrow, crying while breaking into song
Song, the beauty of voice to heal
Heal, that brings forth life
Life, that flows throughout my heart
Heart, the beat that causes me to dance
Dance, to dance with meaning
Meaning, having the means to love
Love, the desire to speak life through unity
Unity, an embrace after pain
Pain, is a deep wound that bleeds
Bleeds, the words that cut, and bruise
Bruise, oh ego you must be still
Still, in the land of the living
Living, in the presence of water
Water, the curse, and the gift
Gift, the gift is the present
The Present is truth

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Asking the serious question about truth

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Written on September 04, 2022

Submitted by InYah on September 04, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme	ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRLSTBA
Closest metre	Iambic tetrameter
Characters	740
Words	143
Stanzas	1
Stanza Lengths	23

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After having read ALL of the poems submitted in this contest (which I hope everyone has done), my choices were narrowed down to a handful that were really impressive works. The choice was difficult, of course, but I selected this particular poem for a few reasons.

First and foremost, I appreciate the authenticity and uniqueness of the poem. The structure seems to be based on a repetitive poetic device known as an anadiplosis—a device seldomly used. The following might represent an example: “Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your actions, etc.”

Each line of the poem also expresses delightful if not curious aphorisms. Finally, I love how the interlocking repetitions loops back on itself as the poem starts with the affirmative statement “Truth is the present” and ends with the equally affirmative statement “The Present is truth”. This poem was cleverly done, and I salute the poet. more »
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