In Truth, Lies, & Light Westerfield registers an intuitive concern for the truthfulness of our time, the ability to distinguish the real from the spurious, and the barriers that threaten to impede the light of understanding to shine out over our vulnerable age. Each of the poems or musings is an act of love, offering imaginations that raise consciousness and show that truth is inevitably linked to beauty and goodness. The poetic meditations are an expression of human striving, rooted in the knowledge that we can only flourish if the world lives in us as much as we live in the world, which means having a freely gained moral responsibility for our natural surroundings and its ineffable otherworldly source.