Nose to Nose

How often

do we

come nose to nose

with indisputable truth

but cannot bear to look it in the eye?

Or

how many times

have you seen something

up close

and

you were

SO SURE

you knew

what you were looking at;

then

it turned out to be

a lie,

a deceit,

a counterfeit,
an illusion?

Proximity

does not guarantee

understanding

or

acceptance.