Doorways

“What am I doing here?” You say.
You find yourself in the back bedroom,
and can’t remember why.

If only passing through were so easy:
some doorways recede even as you approach;
some rooms drag along with you:

the blood, the screams, the disbelief
are invisible engines
unspeakable hammers that nail us in.

“What am I doing here?” You say.
You find yourself in the black blood room
and must remember why.

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Poet, playwright, duplicate bridge player, website designer, cottager, husband, father, grandfather, former athlete, carpenter, computer helper for my friends, theatre designer, backstage polymath, retired teacher of highschool English, drama, art, a baritone singer in a barbershop quartet, who knows what else? wordcurrents is on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wordcurrents/ Doug also has a Facebook page, "Incognitio", related to his novels.
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