The whole world is fine If I keep the truth hidden I will be okay-- haiku by Benjamin Bias 09 May 2016 Each line of this poem stands alone; like the speaker. The first line read with the second line as a sentence says that the external visage presented to others is based on an internal mantra. The second line read with the third line as a sentence says that the internal mantra about the truth creates a lie that allows the internal person to be 'okay'. The first line plus the third line illuminate the lie. How can the the whole world be fine if I will be okay? Maybe I am already okay, but typically the future tense, 'will be', indicates a change of status. Am I okay already and I will continue to be okay? Then why mention it? Read as a whole the reader is left with a dim impression despite the many positive words. What truth must be hidden for the whole world to be okay and allow for the speaker to be fine too? |
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