Silver Tongues
Smooth and deceptive.
Walking down the avenues
Of tricks and double meaning
Is this the situation?
And where the world is leaning.
The smooth and silver tongues
Of diplomacy and discretion
Used to tell half-truths
Under cloaks of deception.
The fewer words said in defence
Are fewer words to remember
When using underhandedness
The truths a dying ember.
Orations on the public stand
Said with sly intentions
Can often be thin with the facts
Notable for the abstentions.
Is it purely subjective notions?
Of beliefs ethics and morals
Seen in a different light
Ignition for some quarrels.
The refuge of the open sky
Unspoiled and rugged mountains
The oceans and the seas
Waterfalls and fountains.
Chicanery and trickery
Shenanigans and skullduggery
A way of sliding through
The guise of bland…