The Door
Red doesn’t scare me
my own blood is welcome
it means I am ending
and I want that with all my heart
I used to be a woman
who kissed and loved
so big, so expansive…
I danced with everything
But now, tides have turned
gone is that human being
the woman who blended
with seaweed and water’s foam
I walk the streets now
in search of a place to become
something else
that isn’t what I was
This isn’t part of a life
it’s a different thing entirely
I don’t even want it
Once I was love’s essence
and now, I am the exposed flesh
of life.
the waters of me run red now
the core is gone
only edges are left
and I can’t look at this
So, I’m on my way out the door
I hope those people will be there
Never perfect, I can only be me
and I will take it upon myself
to go and not come back
Copyright © Melody Sokolow | Year Posted 2014
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