Many generally approve of truth as a way of life,
Even if we do falter in it from time to time
And in various ways.
And if some truth is harder than the rest,
And more likely to cause us to stumble,
I suppose I have seen that it is,
More often that not,
Truth about self
That does it.
For that comes hardest of all.
And while I’ve got you, I should note that
Missing the truth about ourselves
Can even cause us to
Miss the truth about others—
Which error makes us
Miss the truth about ourselves
All over again—
For they are more like us in some ways
Than we might care to believe—
And we, like them.
