Monday, August 11, 2014

An elusive kind


                                                                                     Attribution: Andrew Spenceley
Image: Slippery surface on Snowy Day (here)

Slips past slippery
surface unless verified
An elusive kind

Revelation hurts
But under wraps truth festers
to cause more damage

Open and sincere
White as snow as extended
Grasped by young lovers

For Chev's CARPE DIEM #537  -  truth and  Open Link Mondays
at Real Toads 

20 comments:

  1. indeed sometimes truth is hidden beneath the layers of lies.

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  2. Revelation can hurt, but it can be far more damaging to remain hidden...

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  3. truth can indeed be dangerous...and cause damage...
    i would rather that than falsehood though, you know....

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  4. beneath the snow
    secrets kept till thaw
    beware of spring

    :-)

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    1. Oh yes, MMT! More so when fondness is already ingrained for so long!

      Hank

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  6. Beautiful, Hank! It matters all through life, but maybe a lesson best learnt young.

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  7. Wonderful Hank both verse and pictures. I would love to know the truth why my two children have disowned me.
    Yvonne.

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  8. Yeah...underneath, always something bubbling. Nice haiku

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  9. A little slip and the damage can be done

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  10. The middle stanza really hits it home.

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  11. I like the white as snow...but not now when summer is still here ~

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  12. Revelation hurts
    But under wraps truth festers

    That is very true, hank.

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  13. always well penned and enlightened writing ~

    artmusedog and carol (A Creative Harbor)

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  14. ah that second one
    exactly so

    cheers
    JzB

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  15. really like that first stanza, Hank ~

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  16. I'm with Grapeling, I love the last line. It makes me think of the uncertainty of young love. Like fresh ice covered with snow, we never know safety when walking on its slippery surface.

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  17. Mrs. Jim tells me that "just because it is true I don't have to tell it."
    Truth can bring needless hurt. Or unnecessary work.
    ..

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  18. grasp it, don't let it go. wait, there's that whole let it go and see if it comes back to you thing. oh whatever. :)

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  19. Thanks for your trio of haiku. Pairing truth with snow is interesting because of the different true forms of water, gaseous, liquid and solid. That is what you made me think of :)
    There are many forms of truth. Like 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.'

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