Truth is....

I lied to everyone, about everything

Especially me

I say I'm not tired when I am

I say I'm hungry when I'm not

I tell people exactly what they want to hear

And never say what I'm actually feeling

I let the lies pile up like bricks on a wall

Until I can't see out and no one else can see in

I make a plan to escape

I become someone else

I put on a disguise, and I climb over the wall

And no one recognizes me

I feel powerful

I get people to do what I want them to do

But I go too far

I get lost

And I don't recognize myself

I take off my disguise

I give away the power

I give up the control

I re-trace my steps

I go back to the wall, and take it down brick by brick

I bury them to mark the place

I strip away all the lies

Until there are none left

I remember the girl I left behind

I claim the confidence I was missing

I envision the woman I want to be

I tell the truth about everything

Especially you.

"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the re-newing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is- His good, pleasing and perfect will".

- Romans 12:2