We all bore witness to that pregnant day of hope and promise
Our dreams of that day, turning into the nightmares of today
The truth gave birth to lies
Bracing itself, as it delivered painfully, on the mantle of betrayal
On the day the truth lied, some celebrated vice and embraced corruption
They toasted to the blood of our unborn children as they cried
For halcyon days that they’ve been denied
In fairy-tale visions no one really ever saw
Our lips covered in the blood of the baby
Whose chance at life ended in a public hospital before it began
The darkened sun of the mother in labour set in the pain of a stillborn
Those trusted to deliver the child never allowed it to rise
The day the truth lied
It was the day some swore the sky is red
that the moon could fit in their palms
That they know, because they are men of virtue
Men of God and men of high morals
Custodians of the heavens and hell
Men and women championing evil
Robed in elegant religious garbs
Even as they embraced the truth while it lied
The day the truth lied
We remember our best friends: Hypocrisy and Greed
Hypocrisy gave birth and named the child Virtue
Greed gave birth and named it Temperance
We cheered because Greed is one of us
We cheered because Hypocrisy is one of us
The day the truth lied
Was the day promises meant nothing
Shamelessness turned itself into pride
Country was replaced with self and kind
Those aspiring for power not seeing the similarities they share with those in power
“What about the others, they too do it” was the national anthem
Winning is all that matters
Men of God prayed to the wealth of this world
And in the name of religion
They too aligned with the winners
Because the gods say so, they insist
It was the day the truth lied
