The Threat

THREE WORD WEDNESDAY

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THE THREAT

I was halfway down the alley when I saw him;

He loomed up from the shadows, dark and tall.

My blood ran cold, I almost screamed in terror;

I flattened myself against the nearest wall.

As he approached I saw his head was shaven;

I saw his arms were covered in tattoos;

He was scowling as he moved in closer to me;

This was a fight that I'd be bound to lose.

Would he hamper me as I tried to pass him?

Would he taunt me with a cutting turn of phrase?

Would he pulverise me with a fist of iron;

Would I end the night half-dead and in a daze?

Nearer he came; my legs had started shaking.

I felt faint as though my blood had drained  away.

Nearer he came! And now, oh God, he'd reached me!

'Good evening' he said.....

And wandered on his way.

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GENTLENESS

The gentler things of life appeal;

The web of silken thread,

The tracery of winter branches

Moving overhead.

The lisp of waves upon the sand,

When the air is mild;

The murmured breathing in the night

Of a little sleeping child.

I prefer the touch of a soothing hand

To a grip that's firm and strong;

And a mother's whispered lullaby 

Means more than a strident song.

Let us go gently through our days

Amid the noise  and strife,

For sanity and peace live here,

In the gentler things of life.

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