A Thin Line Poem by Qiniso Mogale

A thin line separates love
and hate
A thin line separates sanity
and insanity
A thin line separates pride
and humility
A thin line separates wisdom
and foolishness.

A thin line separates sweetness and
bitterness
A thin line separates grace and disgrace
A thin line separates war and peace
A thin line separates mercy and wrath
A thin line separates kindness and hostility
A thin line separates light and darkness
A thin line separates being popular and
being unpopular
A thin line separates wealth and poverty.

The best of friends easily become
worst enemies
The best marriages easily end with
bitter separations and divorces
The most vibrant economies easily
crumble
Those who were once millionaires and billionaires
easily become paupers
The high and mighty are easily made to
eat humble pies
There is a thin line that separates everything
Be not arrogant or proud of what you are or
where you presently are in life today
The law of gravity dictates that all that goes
up must come down.