Anatomy Of A Lie

In every heart like ocean
Deep within its depths
Hidden n buried in darkness
Lies the rough hard rocky bed

In its sleeves and cracks
Born are bubbles of lies
Fostered by the lava within
With envy, deceit n pride

In the hope that all is unseen
From mortals and the Gods
The rock ignores the virtue
The truth till all is lost.

One fine day the bubble
Floats up to tell the tale
On its way to the world
It swells, uncontrolled – astray

As it reaches the surface
Its bursts in shock and fright
The ripples in the water
Spread the pain out wide.

Its not that one can hold a lie
And die with it to earth
It will bubble up someday
And make its presence worth


©Apuarv Sethi