Nice work Melissa - May I suggest:

There should be no pause in honesty

I love this bit:
show me a fact
that has not been lifted
by fiction
and perhaps then,
we'll go fishing
and pluck out the guile
you so heedlessly contrived,

"where is my raft,
why have all the fibers drowned
in a shipwreck of humanity"

^^this can be interpreted in so many ways ... its like our soul has drowned along with ... and humanity is dead ... devoid of compassion... thats how I interpreted it..

it has so much 'feel' to it... very beautiful write...

Your opening line caught my attention & as
for the poem itself, each stanza has a way
for each reader to interpret. This has deep
depth...good one!

What a powerful line, and true too. show me a fact
that has not been lifted
by fiction
and perhaps then,
we'll go fishing
and pluck out the guile
you so heedlessly contrived

I`d hate to be the one who this was aimed at, that`s for sure. great write indeed. Timothy r