Thin Line Poem by John Sensele

When challenges and irritations arise
Embrace the least detrimental techniques, strategies and approaches
With a view to reciting pacific verses and inviting the sun to rise
Over our lives because peace is what humankind teaches and preaches.

When our short fuse snaps and tempers flare
Replace seething anger with a broad smile on your face
Despite the turmoil and turbulence raging within bosoms to declare
Peace triumphs over any adversity in any human trace, space and race.

When the thin line between the precinct of instincts and human decency
Veers towards extinction, it's time to take stock and reprioritize
Our conflict resolution mechanisms not because of complacency
Or expediency but because loftier social skills award a higher affective prize.

When confusion, illusion and delusion form a partnership
To divert our energies, dissipate our efforts, dilute our initiatives and denigrate
Attempts at reconciliation, at the evolution of solutions and at a voyage in a ship
That sails in blue waters of peace, expect success and progress with neither fuss nor debate.