[TruthTalk] Interesting Poetry WDYT "G"

[Judy Taylor]

FIVE-LETTER WORD   It shines in the shadows It shines where the sun shines least It lights up the basement And the breeding grounds of the beast You can always see it coming And run from its rays if you please   There's a plot to destroy it A plot to stifle its effect Its engineered suppression Is what they call "Politically Correct" The mannequins who hate it Ensure that its credentials will be wrecked   A witness swears to tell it The whole of it and nothing else It frees you from illusion But telling it can make your world a hell It hurts those who resist it But it soothes the broken soul as well   Refrain: You think you can hide from its heartaches You think you can make yourself scarce You think you can remain beyond its tentacles But you will never escape it in the end   It's stranger than fiction Its beauty gives your eyes a treat It's more than just a virtue Its objectivity so neat It's only worth pursuing If you think you can shoulder all the heat   The captains of darkness Try to drown it in their brine They pretend that its survival Was all part of their grand design The thing they love the most Has a letter missing from the line   When Pilate said "What is it?" There was no answer given That's because it's always obvious And only rarely hidden If you don't know the answer Then to you it will always be forbidden   You think you can hide from its heartaches You think you can make yourself scarce You think you can remain beyond its tentacles But you will never escape it in the end   It shines in the shadows It shines where the sun shines least   � Alan Morrison, 2004