If you know something to be trueSay it onceThose who can, will receive itOnly the foolish believe they can justify a truth to a court of foolsHonor the truthFor even before a just judgeA lie can be proven to be credibleOn the other handTruth will never require a woman or man’s justificationIt can stand aloneWhether torn and ridiculedTruth standsEven after all has been stripped away