“We were gonna get married.” Sitting across from a man abandoned by time and lost in circumstance moving faster than his emotions and any ability to actually absorb all that was happening, I looked into his eyes that were mirrors for just a moment.

Truth holds a value forever deeper than words.Words are a vehicle that both carry and hold truth.

It is quite simple. When we do not tell the truth, we lie. Truth is not a complexity that must be judged, evaluated or measured. It plainly and very absolutely is what it is. We lie when we do not speak truth. No matter how convenient or polite or thoughtful it may be to not tell the truth, if it is anything other than what is real or honest, it will always be a lie.