Face of Truth

Alone stood the lady in white, in the right corner of the room. Her companions, standing no longer by her side, ‘cause her’s was the word, no one cared to hear .

Her truth they found painful, some even found it hateful, for what they claimed to be the truth was often not her word of truth, which they found rather fearful .

She labelled what she saw, called them out as the truth, which they tried to sugarcoat, making it more palatable. They covered her with tinsel and gold, adding colour to, her otherwise, drab white apparel.

Soon arrived, the lady in scarlet, one most beautiful, most fashionable. Her hair a fiery red, her lips a rosebud pout, her eyes sparkling with deceit, as she spouted words very different.

Though not sincere nor true, yet they fell on ears most receptive, and friends she had many. Promises she made, with extravagance, reality she changed, made it charismatic, more appealing. People around, though confused, chose to believe the one who was, favoured by the multitude .

The lady in white, a silent spectator ,watched the decline of society. Then finally rising from apathy, casting aside her reticence, she strode to the centre. Pleading softly, in just above a whisper, she strove to shed light and unmask the evil. But alas, she was no match for her strident opponent.

In her voice, that was less heard and unpopular, she raised the alarm tried to warn them. But to no purpose, for she was ignored. With sorrow, she watched helplessly, as the people followed the dishonest one, to their bitter end, to their destruction.

Notwithstanding the rejection, persistent she was ! With tenacity, she endeavoured, to discredit the flamboyant one. Slowly removing the colour, peeling the layers, she exposed the ugly face beneath. The decadence , the deception, the dissembling truth, that plagued society.

But lo, no one paid heed, no one really cared, most still enamoured by the lady in red. Was it much too late, was the transgression beyond redemption? No one really knew, until, the Hand of God, was laid heavy upon them, smiting them, obliterating them .