Post date: May 9, 2016 11:23:23 AM
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?