Maya Angelou

How I Can Lie to You

How I Can Lie to You - meaning Summary

Concealing Truth with Grace

The short lyric explores how the speaker deliberately softens or masks painful truths. They ask for their voice to be "threaded" with lighter falsehoods and to wear a composed, reflective exterior. The poem frames deception not as malice but as a purposeful, protective performance: a controlled disguise that hides sorrow while conveying wisdom and firmness in decision-making.

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now thread my voice with lies of lightness force within my mirror eyes the cold disguise of sad and wise decisions.

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