how much

of what we believe

to be true

is true?

 

did you ever stop to think

or check or question

the

assumptions

memories

opinions

verdicts

that form

your very foundation

 

or the quiet stories

that play

in the background

and fuel

your decisions

 

who said what

and what it meant

or didn’t mean

 

who did what

or didn’t

and why

 

go back over

old, worn ground

with a new

pair of glasses

 

and wonder

at the veracity

of what you saw then

and what you now see

and how you

may never know

not really

 

some of the stories

I could tell you

seem absolutely true

to me

but I wonder

if they would

to you