Kenneth Maswabi
The era of lies
It is an error to lie
But the clouds lie to me all the time
Hanging so low with their eyes swollen
They told me to stay home
Because a storm was on its way
I forgot to ask them about the margin of
error
Inside their elaborate scheme of lies
I wondered about the climate change
circus
Was it on show tonight?
The era of lies has driven all of us
inside the social media bubble
Not prohibited by many of our inbuilt
instincts and ethics
We started lying about everything
From our low budget trips inside our
minds
To our fancy dresses stolen from the
photo shop
We went all out and lied with our moulded
facial expressions
We all pretended to be happy and full of
swag
Even throughout the storm of Covid-19
pandemic
We did not shed a tear in our make-belief
world
We introduced ourselves to strangers
And fell in love with their polished
profiles
It is not a joke anymore
It is the intoxicating effects of virtual
reality
But we are not alone in this era of lies
The trees went all out to showcase their
flowers
But the colours were all different this
time
Tainted with the specks of lies
Global warming has truly affected them
They are always sad but they keep up
appearances
Pretending that everything is alright
I saw their tears the other day
But they came to me and lied still
“It was the morning dew,” they said
Not aware of the time of day
I was totally flabbergasted by this petri
dish of lies
©Kenneth Maswabi
