Ominous Omens

I rarely choose to issue threats.
It's an artifact of my whole view.
cuz those who use violence forget
it's a fact; you've left things askew.
for the ones you did not kill
whether friends or who they will
they always come to take their fill
of retribution earned by you.
And even if the move is right
the timing's always pretty tight.
too early, or too late,
either way you're tempting fate,
you've opened yourself up for harm.
choose the peaceful or the threat
but you should never forget
that a threat puts that one on alarm.
the threats leave some dead
could be more, and we'll see.
I'd much rather solve it instead;
could I interest you in some tea?