Compromise

When the choice is difficult

Either to live or take leave

A common man faces it often

Helpless and with no sight of any  relief

Preaching won't do at all

Nor any tall promise at this stage

When the struggle is to make the two ends meet

All talk of ideal and compromise looks pale

When greed is the base of compromise

Either to win or survive

Shun it with all your might

For with some loss, the losers don't die

Life is full of compromises

Some petty and insignificant

But they make or mar life

Such is the vulnerability of life

Conscience remaining intact

No compromise with truthfulness

A heart full of gratefulness

Small compromises are sometimes made in public interest

Statesmanship is in wholesomeness

When even compromise brings forth virtuousness

And strengthens the spirit of brotherhood and fairness

Compromise is a way of life of the enlightened, yet so noble and harmless!