Watch their lips and count their teeth
Guard your trust with lock and key
The air grows thick with honeyed words
When sincerity’s a commodity
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Whispers buzz in insect swarms
And truth becomes a luxury
A million lies take friendly form
When sincerity’s a commodity
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When faces are polished like porcelain and glass
And open smiles are an oddity
You’ll see that perfection is outsourced and effort is crass
When sincerity’s a commodity
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When too many fingers and two-faced words
Are praised as accessibility
When scorn is the feeling that unites the world
When sincerity’s commodity
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When gossip and blue light are how we relate
And faith becomes a luxury
We are all reduced to a flatterer’s fate
When sincerity’s a commodity
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M. A. Mehan
"It simply isn't an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons." ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
storyteller // vampire // arizona desert rat
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Step One: Lose a child. Not what anyone wants to happen and nothing you can do to change it, but you can go through steps to becoming happy again. You can go through steps to loving again. You can go through steps to become a new you because after losing a child you will never be the same person you once were.
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This really hits home. I've seen how insincerity can spread. People being fake just for the sake of it. It's sad when truth and sincerity become hard to find.