Something Most Bizarre
Something most bizarre one dismal day
occurred when I looked out on fields of gray.
I saw the figure of a tall dark man
approach my house from not too far away.
He noticed me and then toward me he ran.
My heart was in my throat, for I could see
sheer terror in his face. I thought to flee,
for no conception did I have of why
the stranger staggered straightaway toward me,
and then he gave a loud ungodly cry!
I thought him piteous as he drew near
and nearer still! Another wave of fear
engulfed me. I saw his hair and shirt
were bloodstained! Oh, what had brought him here?
It dawned on me – he had to have been hurt.
No danger was I in! I saw instead
a man in peril bleeding from the head.
The blood was oozing scarlet down his face.
The smoke from my chimney must have led
him to the threshold of my tiny place.
I made my mind up quickly, and I let
him in. Then he collapsed! I had to get
him help, but since the hospital was far
away, I drove him. He was badly hurt, yet
he would survive. That man had crashed his car!
Oct. 5, 2017
For Laura Loo's Rhyme Time with 5 Contest
Five words used: dismal, conception, piteous, threshold, and bloodstained.
Copyright © Andrea Dietrich | Year Posted 2017
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