From this side of truth
Lies fall twisted at the gate
Sweet cradle songs
Wayward mothers sang to soothe
Blistered upon their tongues.
Four square and high
All sides come tumbling down
Lost to the roll of loaded dice
Truth is a broken ship
Floundering upon a distant shore.
Colin Ian Jeffery
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/from-this-side-of-truth/
