Rose Young Poet Lyric

Sidewalk Door

SIDEWALK DOOR

I spend all the time I have alone
Knowing that there’s no place left to call home
The winter nights they chill me to the bone
Snow comes down upon this broken stone
There’s nothing here for me
The world’s gone blind as far as I can see

Home’s a place I used to know
But then a job loss, drink, and I’m alone
I sit here perched
A fixture on the street
….Touch me and bring my soul to life.

The pavement floor offers no warmth
The passerby’s they turn their eyes away
Every detail on this sidewalk
I’ve etched it in my mind
I know its every line, its every crack
I’ll never step upon a one, and break my mama’s back

Shut your door and leave my world behind
Roof sky and sidewalk door
The only home I call my own
My blue roof sky and sidewalk door

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Anne-Lise Andresen October 8, 2014 at 1:12 PM - Warm welcome to PoetrySoup, Rose- I choose your first very well written poem - Nice to meet you! - Hope you will be satisfied with our "soup family" - we are many .. but has plenty of room for you too- Be kind and keep PoetrySoup as a haven -(Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours.) Thank you for posted your words and thoughts here, I want to come back to read more another day. - oxox // Anne-Lise :) Rose Young October 9, 2014 at 9:15 AM Dear Anne, Thanks for your words of encouragement. This is my first step out into the "printed" poetry world - I have been keeping my prose and songs tucked in a journal or in files on my laptop. Nice to finally be brave enough to get some out there. And equally nice to read the lovely prose others have written.