Ugly Truths and Pretty Lies

Ugly truths and pretty lies
slice through the rule
that was once golden.
Freedom does come
at a cost too pricey
for the average man.

What once was held sacred
is now blemished and black.
Honesty and integrity
have been usurped
with treachery and debauchery.

The bride no longer wears white;
she is raped repeatedly
of her individuality. She
drapes herself in a shroud
of red—the blood she sheds
on the road to perdition.