Dr Luis Cruz-Villalobos (PhD, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) is a Chilean writer, editor and clinical psychologist. He is an Associate Fellow of the KLC. (See linktr.ee/luiscruzvillalobos.)
Our mental apparatus needs truth
just as our bodies need food.
W. R. Bion
1
Truth went out for a walk
and found no one
2
Truth kissed my mouth
And I remained in silence
3
Truth is immune
To markets
4
Truth knows how to count
Only to one
5
Truth has no fear
Of lies
6
Truth became pregnant
With hope
7
Truth is a friend
Of the mute
8
Truth does not measure
Its words
9
Truth knows how to sing
In silence
10
Truth can slake
The most burning thirst
11
Truth always says
What it feels
12
Truth never looks
With disdain
13
Truth roars fiercely
In front of judges
14
Truth looks head on
At the darkness
15
Truth always takes care
Of its children
16
Truth loves
And rejoices in justice
17
Truth is not an entity
Rather the very abyss of being
18
One day truth
Became flesh and budding love
19
Truth wants
To take our hand as we cross the street
20
Truth is the happiness
Silently given to each heart
21
Truth draws near
As a new dawn.
From the unpublished book Autumn & Light (2019)
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