-- Thin Line of Right and Wrong --

John Herlihy

When all sound is gone,

What is there but silence.

When all friendship is gone,

What is there but emptiness.

When all beauty is gone,

What is there but ugliness.

When all truth is gone,

What is there but falseness.

When all companionship gone,

What is there but loneliness.

When all happiness is gone,

What is there but sadness.

When all trust is gone,

What is there but distrust.

When all belief is gone,

What is there but disbelief.

When all respect is gone,

What is there but disrespect.

When all honor is gone,

What is there but dishonor.

A thin line of hope and despair,

A love now lost with no repair.

A thin line of right and wrong,

When blurred, all integrity gone.

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Copyright © John Herlihy

Thursday 15 July 2021