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Through the Keyhole, Under The Door
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Through the Keyhole, Under The Door |
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j-oh-E Member
since 2003-05-01
Posts 59Texas, USA |
Through the Keyhole, Under the Door Picture yourself in the dark. In a closet Somewhere far away. You reach for someone's hand Enveloped in shades of gray. In time the darkness turns to color Because the mind can fool the eyes And every noise will echo Echo softly Those fears you try to hide. Demons devils Angels and the like And all those spirits that rape the night. The moon dripping sorrow through the window until dawn, Brings the killers voice until his night is gone. Footprints throught the door? A keyhole- But nothing more. Simple Soft and pleasant sound. In this click-and-pull safety I have found. I turn away but still look ahead And find my reasoning instead. Clasp the handle in my palm And savor misty Noisy calm. Voices? I hear none. The door hinge screams across the empty room It says I should have run Quiet gaze and sifted light My soul remains out of sight But then fate Fate gives me an ugly turn It's in my doom, My silence burns. This house on poisoned stream Where I am prisoned And murdered in my dreams. And the children say no pleasant names Where grandma's house went up in flames No sung light shines on broken days Where closet sifted light remains. -Joey |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
Could feel the languish and loneliness of this write. Exceptional. TD |
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j-oh-E Member
since 2003-05-01
Posts 59Texas, USA |
Thanks, any feed back is always appreciated. This poem is about hiding. It's what happens when all those secret hiding places are exploited. What happens when, one day, you can't escape from whatever it is you're running from? What do you do when you're backed into a corner? |
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