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!
Wondering Pilgrim 
Dennis, I hadn’t looked at these things as the lies before, so thank you for giving me a fresh perspective. I do agree it is an ongoing battle against those shadow spaces. George Harrison warned to “beware of darkness” and dwelling there. Let the light sear and shrivel those tendrils!
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Thank you, Lisa, yes, sometimes the fiercest battles are within!
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This is wonderful, the lies we tell ourselves are the ones that are the most important to leave behind.
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… and the hardest! Thanks Bjorn.
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