Here lies lies!

Lisa invites the dVerse community to take a line from the song “Bury Me,” by Alejandro Escovedo . The task is to write a 144-word “prosery” piece using the exact phrase Bury me with lies I told. I am delighted and somewhat energised to rise to the challenge!

Bury me with lies I told, as into these baptismal waters I descend. Falsehoods of worthlessness and self-negation. Chains of caution and inadequacy. Suspicions of motives and projections of intentions. Standing watch against imaginary phantoms. Scanning horizons for absent adversaries.

I sink beneath the surface, buried with Christ and all the lies I told myself.

And I arise anew! No more chains, for they were buried with my fabrications. New purpose breaks forth as unsourced light divides the dark mystery. Tendrils of the old lies sometimes writhe and search from the old musty graveside. They are weak and cannot hold. The light burns and they shrivel. They retreat and wait for yet another faltering step, when they might attempt to take hold again. But they have taught me well. Discerning caution and courageous guard can  serve the Light equally well. This is daily work!