240611 Pretending

 Pretending

Some say that only kids pretend

While certainly kids do

Children are not the only ones

Pretending what's not true

For who has not pretended

That their life was going well

So loved ones would not worry

Thus, keep smiling and don't tell

Or what about pretending

That you know more than you do

When if you're being honest 

Know you haven't got a clue

Or guilty of pretending

To be interested, while bored

Because the person sharing

Was a person you adored

Have you ever pretended

To be confident when not

On outside acting, oh, so cool

Inside stomach's a knot

May sometimes act indifferent 

Or pretending not to care

When in reality you're hurt

By things that are unfair

But, even as a child, if you

Pretend continuously 

There's danger you will lose sight of

What's real or fantasy 

Pretending's not reality

See that clearly when kids do

But children and adults pretend 

The things they wish were true

Yet, there's no need pretending 

Or displaying false facade 

Can act in total honesty

With your good and loving God

No need to have all answers

Or act happy when distraught

Pretending you can handle things

When the truth is you can not

No cause for any pretense

For God knows you from within

So, you can be transparent

Let him see what's genuine 

What awesome freedom that brings

When to yourself, you are true

Never a reason to pretend 

To a God who so loves you