The Origin of Lies

Oh, Ila, don’t be weeping,

my dear, you misconstrue;

The sun is only sleeping

before it rises new.

I’ll wait with you til morning,

and tell you of the stars,

the memories adorning

the empty night with scars.

This love that’s learned by lacking,

whose vastness has no chart,

in silent orbits tracking

the shaping of your heart.

Please trust that nothing passes,

we only change our form.

The morning dew trespasses

on leaves the sun can’t warm.

Child, listen, though you’re growing,

some things cannot be known

until you’ve grown up knowing

out here you’re all alone.

I’ll be with you forever,

these words will be a lie.

If I could but this deliver:

To live until you die.

So while you’re small, keep holding

my hand as though it soothes;

The world will keep unfolding

each wrinkle that it smooths.

Believe me when I’m saying:

Oh, Ila, darling dear,

no matter what I’m staying,

I’ll always be right here.

• August 2025

Submission History

Date	Publication	Status
August 19, 2025	Still Point Arts Quarterly	Pending
August 19, 2025	Sublimation	Rejected
August 22, 2025	Palette Poetry	Pending
August 22, 2025	Macrame Literary Journal	Rejected
August 25, 2025	Plougshares	Rejected
August 25, 2025	The Celestial Glossry	Rejected
August 25, 2025	Midsummer Dream House Context	Pending
August 26, 2025	The Plentitudes	Pending
August 26, 2025	Gavialidae	Rejected
August 27, 2025	La Piccioletta Barca	Rejected
August 29, 2025	The Aftershock Review	Pending
August 29, 2025	Raleigh Review	Pending
August 29, 2025	Arcturus	Pending
August 29, 2025	Banyan Review Poetry Contest	Rejected
August 29, 2025	Hare’s Paw Literary Journal	Rejected
August 29, 2025	Thirteen Bridges Review	Rejected
September 3, 2025	Hopkins Review	Pending
September 5, 2025	Global City Review	Pending
September 6, 2025	Funicular Magazine	Rejected
September 9, 2025	Garfield Lake Review	Accepted
September 14, 2025	Princemere Poetry Prize	Pending
October 6, 2025	Merion West	Rejected
October 7, 2025	Salvation South	Rejected
October 10th, 2025	January House Literary Journal	Rejected

Dear Grant Moore,

On behalf of the editorial board of the Garfield Lake Review, I am happy to write that we have accepted Eulogy/Larksong/The Pantoums of Dementia/Ode to Death/The Origin of Lies for publication in our 2026 edition!

Thank you for your contribution to our growing journal. We are pleased to publish your work in this years edition.

If you require any further edits to your piece, please reach out directly to our Editor in Chief, Logan Schreiber, at lschreiber@uolivet.edu. If we should need any edits to your piece, a team member will be in touch with you after acceptance. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please let me know.

—Logan Schreiber, Editor in Chief