The Door

An open path
to a closed door
With a heavy lock
A dead end
A new beginning
A heart
that had fallen
jumped
The heavy door 
no more than
a handle
That need not
turn
and
the door
that had
never closed

opened
Copyright © | Year Posted 2006

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