TRUTH AND LIES by Dan Holt

I stare
at my face
in the mirror
closing
my eyes
to the poison
testing
the razor's edge
of suicide
drinking
from the cesspool
of regret
reveling
in the stink
of my own
despair

I can't
look away
but I can't
see anymore

I told you
the truth

I told you
a lie

I tried
to tell you


Dan Holt is a singer/songwriter/recording artist, poet and fiction author from a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. He has produced 11 albums of original music along with various singles and eps. His poetry has been published widely in the online and print small press and he is the author of "Blank Canvas On Bloody Pavement" and "Motel" (both from Alien Buddha press and available on Amazon). He was a Pushcart Prize nominee in 2021.

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