Doors: Psycho-History 101

Doors: Psycho-history 101 by Odin Roark Doors absorb history Whether by knocks Slams Shuts Or slides Doors have felt it all Boulder Metal Wood Plexiglas Steel bars Making different walls Fences Entrances Exits We are the users Without us There’d be no need for doors Animals would run free Without us Nature’s light would permeate Without mediation Without welcome mats needed How oximoronic this structure To keep out To keep in Because we can’t handle what…? The innate hard-wired thing called right and wrong choice? Perhaps Some would argue we are victims of circumstances Ever take notice of the happenstance Making up the most inventive Resourceful And permanent life on earth Those pesky ants Roaches Rats And lest we forget The tribal depths of the Amazon Where doors don’t exist Where the uncivilized Understanding of psycho-history 101 Grins no memory loss Maybe something to think about Next time you confront a wall Without doors Ask how you’d survive