Heard A Lie

Before man took his very first step Even before his first child had cried Before the tears that he had wept He had heard his very first lie. Before the time he had learned to walk Before he was taught to question with why Before he had learned to listen and to talk He had heard his very first lie. Before man had received his first kiss And the time before he took himself a wife The day before he turned his hand into a fist He had heard his very first lie. Before man had looked up at the stars Too ponder into his soul and also his life He knew of his limitations and of his scars And then he had known of his first lie. Since the day that man was born Until the day that he will die When lastly for life he will cry and morn Man then, will have heard his last lie. Randy L. McClave