If there be truth to tell, why is she hidden, like a shame? Why is she covered up in cloth? Why is she camouflaged in art, as if to mitigate her parts, like a dirty little thing? Why is she not allowed to be, the beauty that she is, before we all, in shameless view...to stand before us in her glory, as the god had meant her to?
Her name is Veritas. Her name is 'truth'. She was not meant to be discarded by avoiding eyes...denied with lies, ignored by ears...to be disguised as something less, than what she is. She is the truth, that strange and always veiled creature, that we never want to see or say and never wish to claim.
Thus, is her naked frame, her natural charm dismissed. She stands before you now. She speaks. She shout's...she cry's, yet, you deny that she has said a thing, and you make wrath against her, always...turning, sullen backs, stiffly walking 'way from her presence.
Yet, she continues to enchant, the few, the free brave souls who are her true people, for they see her as she is and love her all the same, in all that she reveals. Face her, humble...follow her in deed, nor ever guile, nor cleverness to hide that thing you are. She will not cheat your heart, nor will you ever fail...knowing her.
Written by Bruce James Clyde 2016, at Deming, New Mexico
Art: Truth 1901, by Luc-Olivier Merson
In Roman mythology, Veritas, meaning truth, was the goddess of truth, a daughter of Saturn and the mother of Virtus. It was believed that she hid in the bottom of a holy well because she was so elusive. Her image is shown as a young virgin dressed in white.[1]
Veritas is also the name given to the Roman virtue of truthfulness, which was considered one of the main virtues any good Roman should possess. In Greek mythology, Veritas is known as Aletheia (Ancient Greek: ἀλήθεια) and is the daughter of Zeus,[2] or a creation of Prometheus.[3] Veritas was often depicted nude, holding a hand mirror. Source: Wikipedia
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