For millennia
We were herded and deceived
Tear off the shackles
Copyright Francis 2021
Haiku: Freedom Comes
Tag: deception
Haiku: Unveil
Worthless paradigm
Distorted reality
Pulling back the veil
Copyright Francis 2020
Haiku: ‘Wasp’
Lies take many forms
Deception rules evil lands
But the sting will win
Copyright Francis 2020
Haiku: ‘Sunday Eternal Truth’
Truth needs no support
Lies need elaboration
Tear down the facade
Copyright Francis Barker 2020
Tanka: ‘Dark Times’
Copyright Francis Barker 2020
Haiku: Neptune
Ruler of the sea
A vast ocean of deceit
Hidden histories
Copyright Francis Barker 2020
Haiku: Escape
How did you do it?
Playing by the given rules
Beat at their own game
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Haiku: Fakery
How could you do it?
I thought you were genuine
Wasted investment
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Haiku: Trumped!
It’s cloak and dagger,
yellow brick roads to nowhere.
Now we are all trumped
Copyright Francis Barker 2020
Tanka: None So Blind
Toss a coin up high
it will not land on its edge
Do you have a choice?
Heads and tails mean the same thing
Remove the coins from your eyes
copyright Francis Barker 2019
Haiku: The Message
I took for granted
that you would tell me the truth
I found it today
copyright Francis Barker 2019
