A vandalA thief
A criminal
In a town
In YOUR town.
Jini grew scared
Frightened
By the reporter’s words.
She goes up to her room
Sits in silence
Until . . .
A noise
A roar
Interrupts
Disturbs
Her thoughts.
She looks out her window
To see a man
On a motorcycle.
He looks rough
Wild hair
Black leather jacket
Hard face.
Could he be
The criminal?
He stops
Grabs a bag
Begins to search for something.
Jini wonders
What is he looking for?
A gun?
A knife?
A bat?
Then a small
Worn
Brown book
Appears in the man’s hand
With the words
Holy Bible on the cover.
He opens the book
Reads aloud.
In shock, Jini steps back,
Regretful
Feeling truly sorry.
She realized what she’s done.
She judged this man,
This stranger
Because of his appearance.
It turns out
Rough isn’t so tough after all.
I like this. It's very different, but in a good way!
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you totally rock. Your poems...your thoughts....your insights....are amazing.
ReplyDeleteOh...what a great lesson here....
ReplyDeleteBrilliant
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your great comments! I really love reading them! Keep 'em coming! :)
ReplyDeleteYou're so good at poetry! And I thought I'd commented on your last post, but when I checked it right now, my comment wasn't there. I guess I hadn't entered it properly, silly me.
ReplyDeleteI think it's funny that you wrote this poem because just today I was reading the verse in the Bible which says " Judge not and you will not be judged." It truly is an important lesson to learn.
Heeey, I used to love writing poems lol:) and that is a reallly good poem lol:) I was like, "aw madd" when i realized the guy was a christian haha. by the way, really nice blog, im so going to follow now:)
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