Tactful honesty

I don’t think I’ve learned an adequate technique of

Tactful honesty

a difficult and dangerous thing. When the volumes of silence provide incomplete information it becomes necessary to fill the void. 

Carefully,

I bid the speaker that no more is given than required, tactful and honest.

I don’t think I’ve fully learned the art or mastered a technique

So eager to over elaborate

Expand and quantify

Seeking approval from many the unqualified

Opinions are taken as facts

Grateful for the listening ear, civil integrity is lost. Unfortunately many do not seek and have no concern for the two as one. Rather, separate, one is sufficient; barely required. Modestly employed

But I

I am tired of being walked on and around

Tired of speaking to open ears that hear but are not listening

Tired of being delicate with the dishonest

So our silences feign understanding and create false explanations but fail to communicate

 And veracity is rarely given nor is it prudent  

Truth is a façade elegantly performing for the crowd.

No longer will the entourage count me as one

So eager to elaborate

Seeking approval

Receiving faulty opinions

I give it to the birds, release in the wind

Study tactful honesty

Apply to self

Remain silent and otherwise candid

TLJ 6/2012