{"id":535,"date":"2014-12-12T13:32:58","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T21:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=535"},"modified":"2014-12-12T13:32:58","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T21:32:58","slug":"eternal-peace-when-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=535","title":{"rendered":"Eternal Peace When Needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Eternal Peace When Needed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat are you going to do?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>His charm had been slipping more lately.<\/p>\n<p>He was a lizard beneath it. She gasped.<\/p>\n<p>There was something wrong with him lately.<\/p>\n<p>Something thin. An essential shallowness.<\/p>\n<p>How had she not noticed it before?<\/p>\n<p>When he touched her he was callus.<\/p>\n<p>She grew cold to her very core.<\/p>\n<p>She had to extract herself from this.<\/p>\n<p>There was hatred deep in his breast.<\/p>\n<p>She didn\u2019t know how? It was a risk.<\/p>\n<p>She had to be sure, not a guess.<\/p>\n<p>At first he was charming, loving, &amp; kind.<\/p>\n<p>He left her in a dream state a lot.<\/p>\n<p>Gradually, he changed she did find.<\/p>\n<p>Slowly, more possessive he got.<\/p>\n<p>He was like an animal when uncaged<\/p>\n<p>You never knew what he would do.<\/p>\n<p>She began to fear his potential rage.<\/p>\n<p>He was similar to an animal in a zoo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a Dr\u2019s appointment\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n<p>It was a lie to distract him for awhile.<\/p>\n<p>She left, shaking inside, holding her head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSee you later\u201d he said with a smile.<\/p>\n<p>This man was psychotic. She could feel it.<\/p>\n<p>She had to do something or be killed.<\/p>\n<p>she was cracking up with the fear of it.<\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t it all go away if she willed?<\/p>\n<p>She went to church and she prayed.<\/p>\n<p>Poured out all her fears to the Lord.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHelp me Lord before I\u2019m slayed<\/p>\n<p>by this psychopath I abhor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An eternal peace came over her.<\/p>\n<p>A voice said: \u201cIt\u2019s been resolved my child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She left the church feeling sure.<\/p>\n<p>All would be taken care of in awhile.<\/p>\n<p>When she got home she turned on the TV.<\/p>\n<p>The news said He had been arrested.<\/p>\n<p>A serial killer of women was he.<\/p>\n<p>He surrendered &amp; never protested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you.&#8212;- Thank you Lord!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She wept as she fell to her knees.<\/p>\n<p>She couldn\u2019t help but wonder,<\/p>\n<p>what would he have done to me?<\/p>\n<p>Without God\u2019s help, a certain blunder,<\/p>\n<p>it would have been for me to see.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;R. W. Johnson&#8212;&#8211;(2013)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Eternal Peace When Needed \u201cWhat are you going to do?\u201d he asked. His charm had been slipping more lately. He was a lizard beneath it. She gasped. There was something wrong with him lately. Something thin. An essential shallowness. How had she not noticed it before? 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