Double Edged Knife

There’s two sides to every story 
A little bit of pain and a little bit of glory
Love and hate become so often entwined
Wrapping so tightly the heart that they bind

There’s two parts in every duet
A chorus of hope and a verse of regret
Sometimes you’re the singer sometimes the song
Getting the tune right but the rhythm all wrong

There are two directions that this path has
Left to finish first the right to finish last
One way is a smooth course the other is rough
Your journey brief or arduously tough

There’s humility in winning honour in defeat
There is always two versions of everyone we meet
Justice is served with discrimination on the side
Dished up immediately or after a goodbye

I sit in the middle of the scales of life
Contemplating ,empathising,on the tip of a knife
At times I’m understood and at others I am not
I am part of the universe, an insignificant dot
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Mishra Avatar
July 5, 2020 at 8:17 AM
This verse is really inspirational Jane. A beautiful write. Congratulations on your win. Blessings and love :)
Hamilton Avatar
June 30, 2020 at 12:28 PM
Thanks for your poem Jane, congrats on placing!
Braun Avatar
June 25, 2020 at 9:08 AM
What a great poem... but such a dishonest and sad ending, an "insignificant dot" you are not. Luke 12:7 King James Version (KJV) 7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
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