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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