‘Edenbray in Exile’

A Retrospective Anthology of 50 Poems, Articles and Essays

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If Truth Were Told

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If truth were told

     Humankind would stand free

     Armies would surrender arms

     People freed would be

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     Light released could filter

     Society’s ills should mend

     Our enemies might be friends

     And prison bars would open

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If truth were told

     Children’s hearts gentle

     Men’s hearts fixed

     And women laugh with glee

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If truth were told

     A smile would be sincere

     A word, an embrace

     A kiss, a promise

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If truth were told

          People freed would be

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writtenbyedenbray28.10.89

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#Authors Revised – Original Note :  A poem I wrote over 30 years ago and published here for the 2nd time. The object of this piece should be clear. Straight talking honesty – candid and sometimes really painful would have a dramatic, maybe a traumatic effect on society and the world at large but ‘true-truth’* is a lot different to plain, raw honesty which can be ugly and cruel. – True-truth is pure – it is intrinsic, wholesome and quite honestly, pretty unimaginable within a society setting, especially today and probably at any time, however, if it were practiced by all it would indeed create a veritable utopia, right here on earth. I actually wrote this piece from a different personal standpoint and of course at a different time but the message is still relevant if also rhetorical and so I include it in my 2nd Anthology of 50 Poems, Articles and Essays.

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~ **’You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one’ ..

Bibliography .. .  Picture Plate – ‘The Unknown Soldier’  – SeeD – edenbray ~ 1980 ~

*Francis Shaeffer ~ True Spirituality ~

**John Lennon – Lyrics to Imagine