It Doesn’t Have To Hurt
A Prose Poem
Published in
May 11, 2021
Some conventional wisdom says:
The truth will set you free
The truth hurts
Facts are stubborn things
If it’s true it doesn’t have to be painful
Reality doesn’t have an opinion
It just is
When we speak the truth without malice
It doesn’t have to hurt
© Victoria Ponte, 2021.
