November 6, 2019 · 2:15 pm
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Truth – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

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“The colour of truth is gray.”  Andre Gide

 

Truth

Grief is incontrovertible in black,
and depression, I’m told,
barks all night
and absorbs light in the day,
while white as light
is Jekyll and Hyde
in the woods,
no telling the deception,
but grey,
now there’s a venerable colour
that speaks truth.

©Paul Vincent Cannon

Paul, pvcann.com

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34 responses to “Truth – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon”

  1. lync56
    November 6, 2019 at 2:22 pm

    You’ve blinded me with obscure references again

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  2. V.J. Knutson
    November 6, 2019 at 2:40 pm

    Love this – particularly that depression “barks all night”. Grey is a good compromise.

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  3. rugby843
    November 6, 2019 at 3:30 pm

    I guess it’s always in the middle, but black and white are so much easier to see

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  4. M.B. Henry
    November 6, 2019 at 10:17 pm

    I do try to see the world in grey! A very nice poem.

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  5. dawnbirdau
    November 6, 2019 at 11:35 pm

    Well said Paul! In poetry what lies between the lines has more clarity. Explains why poets are regarded as radicals!

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  6. Frank Hubeny
    November 6, 2019 at 11:56 pm

    I like the thought at the end of gray speaking truth.

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  7. msjadeli
    November 7, 2019 at 4:02 am

    Yin and yang spin, where grey is all there is. It is the way of things. Where is can be troubling is when there is no wrong or right answer, as it can lead to inertia and/or indecision.

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  8. kopfundgestalt
    November 7, 2019 at 7:17 am

    Most of the time I live in gray – I’m neither happy nor heavily depressed.
    Nevertheless, this gray damages the quality of life.

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  9. Beverly Crawford
    November 7, 2019 at 7:11 pm

    In youth black and white are so apparent. It’s with the weight of years we encounter gray.

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  10. Pandemedium
    November 8, 2019 at 1:11 am

    I like and relate to the color grey. Well let’s say a light grey 😉

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  12. America On Coffee
    November 8, 2019 at 5:13 am

    Very exposed truths. Well written too!❤️

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