Deliver me,
from this web of deceit,
surrounding now,
my every word.

unable to escape, I tread,
neck high, in a sea of lies,
creation of my own doing.

as tides rise,
currents pull me down.

To the buoy of truth,
I can no longer hold.

It began as one lie,
innocent and white,
unaware, others may be told
to cover the first.

This being the case,
compounded lies,
one after another, until,
became my life,
irreversibly damaged.

I'd begun living a lie.

As the weight bears down,
from a conscience full to capacity
I find I am wedged
between two pillars,
one, being that of truth,
the other, deception,
both as equal in strength.

Left now no choice,
the time had come
to ask myself a question,
one I'd been avoiding.

Which shall I embrace,
the pillar of truth(?),
causing my world,
built on lies, to crumble,
or pillar of deception,
causing my mind,
conscience full, to shatter.

Unfortunately,
I've come to realize,
the question of which pillar to choose,
for me, has already been answered.