Mmmhm, a creative writing assignment. We had to begin something with "There were only three left". Mine was the only poem, which is wierd, as it seems to present itself. Well, have fun!


There were only three left

In the cages that day

The walls of the stage

Painted with a red spray.

There were only three left

Clinging tight to the bars

Waiting in the darkness

For eyes like yellow stars.

One was a thief

With a knife in his hand

He had not made it well

In the hot, hard sand.

One was a killer

His execution was set

But the name of the third

Will remain secret yet

The yellow eyes glistened

They twinkled and shone

The first was shoves out

Of his cage, all alone.

His dagger was raised

But the faster rope flew

In the cage and the stage

There were now only two.

There were only two left

In the cages that day

The walls of the stage

Painted with a red spray.

There were only two left

Clinging tight to the bars

Waiting in the darkness

For eyes like yellow stars

The killer grew colder

For it was the day

He would paint the walls

With his lovely red spray

The yellow eyes glistened

The twinkled and sparked

The second was led to

The gathering dark.

He'd a sword and a shield

And they flawlessly flew

But the rope was faster

Than he was, too.

There was only one left

In the cages that day

The walls of the stage

Painted with a red spray

There was only one left

Clinging tight to the bars

To the bars made of hashish

And his eyes like the stars.

His yellow eyes glistened.

With teardrops they shone.

And the third one was left

In his cage – all alone.


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