"Mistaken Truths"

My cheeks hurt

From all the fake smiles

I wear

More than I

Change clothes.

My mind hurts

From all the thoughts

Running around in my mind

More than I run

On the treadmill.

My ears hurt

From hearing so many lies

In so little time

That it must be a world record.

My eyes hurt

From seeing false friends

Get together

More than bees

Make honey.

My arms hurt

From hugging

All those who

Plot against me

In the evil game

Called life.

But, most of all,

My heart hurts

Because you

Didn't have the dignity

To tell me

All those lies

Were actually true,

And I lost

The only genuine person

That ever lived

On this earth.