The Truth About a Lie
I lied, trusting you knew
I could not lie to you.
Beloved friend, I lied and am forgiven; but I
Cannot forgive that you believed my lie.
Credit
Copyright © 1922 by Leonora Speyer. This poem was first printed in Poetry, Vol. 20, No. 6 (September 1922). This poem is in the public domain.
Author
Leonora Speyer
Leonora Speyer was born in Washington, D.C., in 1872. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1927 for her poetry collection Fiddler’s Farewell (Alfred A. Knopf, 1926)
Date Published
09/01/1922