Double Edge

Sword’s sharp edge attached side by side One side a victor Another side a villain The sworn enemies, the bosom friends And the sharp tongue between clinched teeth With the paired edges that cuts both At one end, wisdom of wits While the other end unleashes the evil spirits The life that is full of shows and shadows The stride to strive towards a big ride And the cruel hands of death at the offing To be or not be Time that rushes like a tide One time, you are young and active Another time, old and passive One time walk tall and other stupors The law with the sharp jaw that can bite both One slit, confirm the crime Another, confirm not the crime To celebrate or celebrate not And the love along the thin broken line full of tinges One good trudge, hero Another misstep, hate Like matrimony hanging at balance The torrent of punches to roll with And the quest to be at par And the hasty retreats, the quips and sound bites Sometimes lemon to have lemonade or honey that maketh money