Ground of Truth - Sue Ellen Parkinson

[Larry Robinson]

Ground of Truth

Does greed win?
Can it outrun justice?
Does it subsume truth?
I think it eats itself like a hungry boar 
Gobbling away at itself until 
It destroys every vestige, every morsel, every crumb.
Left are the teeth of truth 
Telling the stories that lies cannot obliterate.
The tongue may deceive but the eyes cannot
Disguise a malicious intent just as
The rose cannot perfume away the rot of evil.
Ah, but the lilies of the field in all their glory 
Stand tall as sentinels of truth and goodness.
Their beauty covers greed’s detritus 
As it becomes the scented soil of tomorrow’s dreams 
And Truth sprouts anew to show us in rainbow hues
The arc of justice and honesty.

	- Sue Ellen Parkinson