loved this.. if someone tells me i can sing.. i know it is a lie.. lol i know i sing like a banshee .. giggles

Sometimes the truth is too painful to bear.

Yes the truth does hurt sometimes, but better to face it and try to deal with it than live in denial.

No matter how we speak of it – lies are not good.

Sometimes a little white lie works better than the truth. If we only spoke the truth we wouldn’t have a friend left.

very nice work here Phoenix…..

White or black… lies are never good for quality life.

True, especially the last line…

I’m guilty of this kind of white lies..just to spare pain or bad new some times..

What a lovely write. Lies are always bad for life regardless of its color.

Another fine write with a very good message on it.

This is a fine poem Phoenix.. and that is not a lie.

very expressed poem.
Depend on the situation, certain white lies I will tell, if they will not find out later, for things which they will know soon or later, I will not, but will try not to say it, unless they insist to know.

liked this cheers.

Sometimes people know you are only saying what they want to hear – but they want to hear it anyway! Sometimes it gives them – hope, which they need, even though they know the truth!

All of your poems are so consistently well composed.
True talent.

I agree. No such thing as good lie. You are very clever.

There is an art to telling the truth without hurting someone.

Truth hurts for some people, lies makes them bad.