Midst his playfulness,
I could find gracefulness;
Midst pugnacity,
Great amicability;
Bravery wrapped in fear,
Foolishness enveloped cheer;
He chased rats and cats,
And humans he thought burglars;
His irritability outwitted sociability,
Aggressiveness withstood passivity;
Seeming treachery,
Couldn’t hide his loyalty;
It’s hence when he died for me,
To protect me from an accident to be;
Words like defender or Savior,
I found, could never define his behavior...
11 January 2022
We all live in a veil of evil.
Still, kindness shall always prevail.
N-ot
E-veryone
S-hows
M-agnanimity
I-n
E-arnest
Topic: Birthday of Nesmie M. Calago (April 12)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Years ago God the Creator in facebook
Outright blocked knavish Satan the Crook.
When unblocked, anew he
A request sent in glee,
That God accepted by fluke !
Magnanimity
Brandon, the world
depends on the
existence of fireflies.
A simple kindness
toward lesser things.
The magnanimity, the compassion
of not taking life
simply because you can
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