A Very Fine Line

There’s a very fine line between drink & drunk,
Pink & punk, fink & funk.
When you’re crossing the line you may lose your *****,
‘Cause it’s really a very fine line.

There’s a very fine line between wrong & right,
Bark & bite, fight & flight.
When you’re crossing the line you might be uptight,
‘Cause it’s really a very fine line.

There’s a very fine line between yes & no,
Stop & go, fast & slow.
When you’re crossing the line, you may not quite know
That it is such a very fine line.

A decision is made when we cross that line.
It may be unconscious or by design;
But the blame or the credit is yours or mine,
When we step past that very fine line.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Brown Avatar
October 3, 2011 at 8:15 AM
Congratulations on your win in the "Fine Line" contest Ilene. Love, Carol
Poet Avatar
October 1, 2011 at 2:52 PM
Very nice..enjoyed.Congrats ilene on your win in the contest.
Mehta Avatar
October 1, 2011 at 12:24 PM
Congratulations on the win in the contest of Nancy, ilene
Ramage Avatar
October 1, 2011 at 1:14 AM
Hey this is one of the best poems I've read tonight. Well done and congrats on your HM, although i would have placed it higher. Well done. Lee
Jones Avatar
September 30, 2011 at 8:58 PM
Lots of brain-cell stimulating ideas in the bounciness of this playful one. I like it, ilene! Thanks for the write and for supporting my contest. Beauty day, Namaste~N
Wesley Avatar
September 26, 2011 at 8:23 PM
I've found a quiet corner to read and appreciate what you write. The mind perks up and wants more when reading. A greaat verse to be sure.
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