Hypocrisy
Small ripples drift off
Their destination unknown
You may ride the wave
But not steal the ride
Do not push in line
Then tell a lie
Hypocrisy denies
Look on the other side
Nice guys finish
Bad guys are incomplete
The fool that fools themselves
Fails to be fulfilled
-Camille Delaquise
This poem appears in RISE, Camille’s second contemporary poetry collection. Hypocrisy speaks to the corrosive gap between conduct and conscience — suggesting that self-deception, dishonesty and small moral evasions diminish not only integrity, but the possibility of genuine fulfilment.
This poem is available as a contemporary poetry print on textured recycled card.