Compromise

Compromise.

Watch out for the first compromise,
It may be the first step to demise,
Drunk starts with the first drink,
As others follow in a close link,

Drug addict starts with the first dose,
Very soon you need a needle like a hose,
All adulteries have a first look,
Fuel for what mischief's/sin's about to cook,

Corruption may start with the first bribe,
Tribalism with one tribe,
So nip it in the bud,
Before a flower blooms from the bud,

A mighty fall proceeds from an unchecked slip,
The fatal compromise grows and flies,
On the wings of accumulated little compromises...

© 2009 Afeseh Ngwa Hilary