Nearer to, or further from, a truth

Poetry: No End (To The Endless Days)

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If you wanted to say something true, something only ever so slightly hurtful, you could say:

You don’t even know the name of that flower which you say that you’ve carried for me.

I would be defenceless; to call it a softer shade of lilac blue would only highlight my lack of research.