Deception

“Deception” is 

Indeed a slippery word,

Its definition depending 

Upon its perception,

Meaning one thing 

If it’s seen and 

Quite another if

It’s heard.

Your understanding eye 

Believes it sees “to deceive”

But your ear does not lie

When it receives to “de-sieve.”

To “de-sieve” is to blend 

Together, to recombine the 

Discrete bits of a broken 

Whole and, in so doing, let 

That which was shattered,

Dismantled and scattered,

Reunite and begin to mend.

So, after that rambling amble, 

Perhaps ‘tis time to 

Ask whether “deception”

Might not, as a word,

Be due a more positive 

Reception?