Challenge
A lump of coal or ???
We all know someone who has not been especially good this year, some frankly nasty and ugly, yet in the spirit of giving, write what have you chosen for their stocking.
Poetry only - free verse only, rhyming disqualifies.
Walk a mile
Cantankerous,
deliberately unkind,
vindictive, hurtful
vomiting vituperative attacks
ad nauseum;
perpetually
cutting and cruel when
patience and guidance
might better bear fruit
that could blossom and thrive
not shrivel, whither and die;
willfully sowing seeds of
discontent, dissatisfaction
disgust
anger;
the acid of his tongue
more destructive
than a bullet
or bomb.
For this vessel,
whose pain is
overflowing
such that
he feels compelled
to shoot barbs
at one and all
indiscriminately,
for him
I wish an invisible gift
intangible as the bitterness
devouring his soul,
I wish him
freedom from pain
that he might find
inner peace
and spread
joy
not
despair.
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