Seeds Of Doubt – Written Thursday 23rd January 2025 (Aged 49)

Seeds Of Doubt

They look at me.
They do.
They look at me.

And I know that truth has a way
of just leaking.

Because it betrays the words.
It does.
It betrays the words so often
that people are speaking.

And my truth
is the way I am left feeling.

I see through these people
as they fumble with the beads
on their insecurity,
sowing seeds of doubt
and fumbling with the boundaries of reality.

I see them sowing seeds of doubt.
I see them with their beads of insecurity.

And I see those seeds of doubt grow
with a surprising ease—
a crop that, in terms of height,
can reach the top of the tallest trees.

And I know their truth—
or at least I see the slates,
the ones that fail to cover.
I see the gaps
and the empty space
in their roof.

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