Emotional Lies

The easiest way to kill something 

Is with emotional lies.

These things,

Emotional lies

Are the kind that 

Seem truest, the kind 

That seem most dispassionate 

But really hinge on a connection

You don’t want to lose, even if it breaks

Something that’s better, that shouldn’t be lost.

And they are the ones that are most insidious 

And used, like weapons, most frequently,

And are most popular, easiest to defend,

Because they’re easiest to internalize,

Personalize, feel most natural,

Because that’s the nature

Of emotion,

And lies.

And so they’re used only

By those with everything to lose.