THE THIN RED LINE

Re-examine your happiness.
Weave through your pain.
Explore the joy you say you feel.
Scrutinize the misery you say you suffer.
Appreciate the tranquility of gloom.
Face the stifling darkness.
Brave the blinding light.
Apprehend the turmoil of hope.
Appreciate the tranquility of gloom.

Reach the apex of an abyss.
Discover the chasm in the heights.
Witness life.
Live death.
Do you observe any distinct difference?
Do you believe in a firm divide?
Opposites merge into one another like so many colors.
Like dirt mixed with water.
Like black mixed with white.
From tears to laughter.
From joy to pain.
From ignorance to understanding.
From life to death.
You never know, you never realize,
When you transcend the boundaries,
And cross the thin red line.

~Erum