The Scary Twister of Life

Staring at that twister,

My heart sinks but finds no ground to land on.

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Life has always been full of storms,

Big or small.

Deafening thunders and piercing gusts

Are no longer surprises at all.

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Yet this terrible spinning monster

Shatters my confidence once more.

Unlike storms, its radius is small,

But it carries the power to destroy a hundred times more.

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Have you met this kind of twister?

From far, it looks like a fine grey line,

Yet by the time I know I’m wrong,

It’s already too late to escape from its spinning force.

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My feet are dangling in mid-air,

My eyes are blinded by the debris circling around me.

Air is no longer a thin substance,

Its roaring is loud enough to fill my whole existence.

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Who would have guessed

That his life can be upended by a force so local?

Who would have known

That even the tiniest debris could hurt you so

Just by twirling around and not letting you go?

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Learn from my story, friends.

Anything loose from your past,

No matter how trivial,

Could be picked up one day

And be turned into a scary twirling disaster.

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So secure what you treasure in your heart.

Tighten up, tie up, and stack up.

See the value of keeping

A clean and tidy state of mind.

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This story was first published here.