The truth cannot be forgotten

Stand it on its head

Spin it, until disorientated

Turn your back on it

Lay it down to die

Bury it in the paperwork

Lose it to carelessness

Throw it out with the trash

It still bobs to the surface

The cheerful friend…

Always ready to progress forward

The dignity of trust we all deserve

And the best companion of freedom

The truth cannot be forgotten

It is in memory’s service

Unless the mind is lost,

It will always be there

-Camille Delaquise

This poem appears in Behind the Facade, Camille’s debut contemporary poetry collection. The truth cannot be forgotten speaks to truth as a force of moral persistence — suppressed, neglected and distorted, yet never fully erased where memory, dignity and freedom still endure.

This poem is available as a contemporary poetry print on textured recycled card.