Kid's Poem on Telling the Truth

I ought to never tell a lie

‘Cause lies like company

And soon the lie that first was one

Turns into two or three

For when a lie begins to lose

Its word-woven disguise

We protect it from the truth

By telling some more lies

And suddenly it’s hard to tell

How many lies were said

So it is always wise and well

To tell the truth instead

© Janet Martin