It pays to lie!

There is truth in this: It pays to lie.

For:

Being  truthful is a costly affair!

How often have I paid -in tears, sighs, banknotes and kind;

only to learn  that a lie was a lot less grind...

For:

Lies have shades-half, quarter, white and grey;

Truth is dark even by day!

People love colours, love to live lying and live lied to...

For:

Living

a life of lies is much less of a yoke

than

Dying

in an eternity of penalizing  truths!   

Truth finder (pastels on canvas)