Her Cruel Threat

IT SOUNDED LIKE THE SENAREO OF A PLAY, 
IRMA 'S WIND RUSHING MY WAY. 
ON EVACUATION ALARM I STAYED FOR NO REASON. 
NO WHERE TO GO, MY HOME IS HER SEASON. 
WITH NO WHERE TO RUN UNTIL SHE SUBSIDE, 
I AM THE JAILER LOCKED INSIDE. 
WHY DID I REFUSE TO MOVE, 
BEFORE IRMA GOT INTO HER GROOVE. 
WINDS BEAT MERCILESS, ALL I HAD WAS PRICELESS 
WINDS SEALED ME IN YES!LIKE DOORS OF JAIL, 
IRMA!I CRIED WHEN WILL I EVER BE OUT ON BAIL. 
FEARFULLY I PRAYED WITH ALL MY HEART, 
PLEASE LORD DONT LET THIS HOUSE FALL APART. 
SCARED AND COLD, MY CHOICE! A CLOSET CORNER, 
NOW WAS THE TIME TO GIVE GOD THE HONOUR. 
THE CALM CAME,JAILER SHAKING BEYOND BELIEF, 
SURPRISEINGLY, ALL WAS GONE,WAS SHE A THIEF? 
AFTER A STORM COMES A CALM, 
THANKS IRMA YOU LEFT ME UNHARM.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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