I had better be careful
I cannot let my imagination loose
It doesn’t take a lot
Even just a closed door can fire it
So many stories locked away
So many possibilities hidden inside
And they will not let me know
So my heart races beyond control
My mind swirls making my head explode
All because of a closed-door
And a really warped mind
© Poem – VIII/XX/MMXXIV
LRET
Categories:
closed door, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Do not tempt death by opening its door, for in its time it will find you.
~ by poet
What lies behind that door?
Is it darkness or light?
A place filled with shadows
and silence, day and night?
With such a thought, fear grows.
What lies behind that door?
View of my future, or
memories from my past?
Curious to know, but
don't want to breathe my last.
What lies behind that door?
I grasp the bronze handle
my fingers start to shake.
If I should open it
would it be a mistake?
What lies behind that door?
It's quite a mystery,
said I, in whispered breath.
I won't tempt fate today,
being loath to face death.
April 7, 2022
Form M - Monchielle Contest
Sponsored by Constance La France
Theme: Death
Categories:
closed door, death,
Form: Monchielle Stanza
Just as my sleep is going deep,
The nightlong foe, my closed door calls.
Derailing my dream state of sleep,
Upsetting it, the closed door calls.
Like cicadas’ continuous clip,
I wonder why my closed door calls.
Making my heart’s wilds me to whip,
With a rapid snip closed door calls.
Who’d come in at such time to peep?
Tired be when night, why closed door calls?
Making my loneliness to leap,
Oh desperate, my closed door calls.
My mind churns and limbs toss and flip,
Is it my estranged soul that calls?
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Ghazal |06.11.2021|
Categories:
closed door, heartbroken,
Form: Ghazal
The Closed Door
Shut the door
Locked it tight
Kept at bay
All that will ignite
The flame inside
Barely a flicker in sight
There is no silence
Behind the door
For the voices of my thoughts
Are loud and worn
Too many voices yell at me
Telling me what should or shouldn’t be
Is there wisdom behind these voices?
Or are they just critics of choice
My desire is to lock them out
Allow me to discover what I am about
Too much to ask at this date
However; it is dangerous to hesitate
Knock all you want
I will not answer your call
Leave me be
Until I decide to stand or fall
Categories:
closed door, anxiety, depression, emotions, sad,
Form: Rhyme
I'm a bit emotional,
so please do as i say.
Don't say i love you,
Don't say you'll stay.
On your door i'm knocking,
dropping to my knees i pray.
I hope the door remains open,
I hope our love returns again some day.
I won't tell you i love you,
I won't beg you to stay.
I'll just tell you i need to love you,
Even if i'm alone, i'll find a way.
Categories:
closed door, break up, heartbreak, heartbroken,
Form: Rhyme
Much In Store with Closed Door
Trumps saves things and keeps in store;
Each policy he does have is closed door;
In secret kept,
While we slept,
And no wonder him we all do deplore.
Jim Horn
Categories:
closed door, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
Hoping if I return there will be an open home
I don’t want to be alone
The shut door that locked me out
Do anyone have a key until I figure what this is about
I’m emotionally damaged like an original sin
Eliminating the silence so whose going to let me in
I’m still searching for an open door
It seems so familiar like I’ve been here before
I know I’m in need of love that everlasting spark
Needing faith full words before my vision grows dark
With my last breath I beg forgiveness
I cry for God to heal my sickness
Without you Jesus in my life use to be difficult
It was my self-pity….It was my fault
I craved for relief and for sanctuary
Inside my soul I felt colder than January
The Lord’s hand grabbed me from the dark ambiances that tried to drag me to its core
Thank you Jesus for opening that close door
Isaiah 41:10 'Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.'
Psalm 144:7 Stretch forth Your hand from on high; Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, Out of the hand of aliens
Categories:
closed door, faith, hope, jesus, sick,
Form: Rhyme
BEHIND THE CLOSED DOOR
Behind the closed door, a brew of brazen pain
Like a geyser gushes out, woe-filled teary rain
When in midst of all, pretense of happy smile
Though in heart flows, sorrow like the Nile
Of torture, of torment: tides secret sweep the brain
Disloyalty, Dreams demolished and the missed train
Blatant scene of none to pull the chain!
Leaves us distraught at least for a while
Behind the closed door....
Augments our agony, if to all we try to explain
Some good is to conceal, like the beetles their death they feign
As we walk alone , stronger we grow, in search of safety isle
Few miles though turbulent, we 'll learn to reconcile
Gather we slowly, inner-strength and lost hope to regain
Behind the closed door.
©Copyright Anulaxmi Nayak, 2016
Categories:
closed door, courage, emotions, hope, life,
Form: Rondeau
Adonis, ripe with pouty lip
And cold, reptilian eye;
Hot packaged for the latest trip;
Designed to fly--
What was it you were running from
That swiftly ran you down?
Dark forests of the night had come
Ablaze downtown.
A lizard on the smoldering rock
Had surfaced on the street.
Was this alone your fatal shock--
Your personal heat?
And was there something not well hid
Behind that flicking tongue,
Behind an eye's half opened lid
Where songs are sung?
And did that primal scream contain
Your own cry for escape
From where excess, for all it's gain,
Includes self rape?
Hey Jim. that was not Nietzsche's jive
For madness can't redeem;
It lets the legend stay alive,
But kills a dream.
Categories:
closed door,
Form: Bio
the door has been closed
it has been bolted and locked
don't try the window
my heart is secure
your words are no longer "keys"
soul sanctuary
image is tarnished
no longer will I welcome
a fallen hero
Eileen Manassian
Categories:
closed door, dark, death, hero,
Form: Senryu
As yesterday's sun went down
I was uneasy, plenty of things are no longer around
Used to feel blessed, often my feet couldn't feel the ground
In that small shining space, joy and happiness were found
Thereafter, life goes on, I move though it's heavy
I keep glancing back, it's too good to let it free
At the side-walk there are shining windows, which I choose not to see
I stare at the closed door, hoping it will open though it will never be
I stumble unto people and fall down while I am moving
They scold me not, but they lend their hand to help me standing
As I grasp their hands and look around, it makes me realizing
The side-walk is bright, cause of the windows, through it the sun is shining
Throughout yesterday's night, as the darkness embraced
I was lonesome, did lots of thinking, and tried to be brave
Then I found it's already dawn, to God I say grace
The sun rises again and this time far from the closed door, I move away.
Categories:
closed door, feelings,
Form: I do not know?
I cry alone, behind closed doors.
Can't you see the position you've put me in?
I can't even be me. I can't even be free.
And so I cry behind this lonely closed door.
Why do you push me to the breaking point
where I'm not even safe anymore?
Why do you have to break me?
Why do you strive to make me
cry behind closed doors?
I've had enough of this,
why do we have to fight?
I'm not even alive anymore.
Enough of the wars,
the battles, the promises broken.
The tears I've cried,
every memory ruined
as I try to find my way into a better light...
into a better, harmonious life.
Why must I cry behind this lonely closed door?
Why must I hide behind something so unforgiving,
something so cold,
something that isn't even safe anymore?
I wander in search of something more;
and so I cry alone,
behind this closed door.
Categories:
closed door, confusion, fear, sad, cry,
Form: Free verse
Even when you feel lost
There is always a way
Of finding direction
Somehow we tend to look
At a closed door
As our last chance,
Wishful for it to open
Meanwhile open doors
Are begging for some attention
Just a little nudge
That is all it would take
But we tend to be afraid,
Fearful of the unknown
Wasting our hopes and dreams
On doors that was never
Meant for us to open
Look beyond that closed door
Open yourself up to that
And move past
The ones that were closed in your face…
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Categories:
closed door, inspirational, introspection, life,
Form: Free verse
Behind the door
Lies the balm
To my heart sore
That refuses to be calm
I stretch my arms
To fling it open
But the qualm
Forces my limbs to soften
I squirm, I fret
The lack of steel
Pushes me into
The cavern of regret
The forces opposite
Squash my breath
I gasp like the fish
On the verge of death
I beg for mercy
Knowing my sin
To be born
With no strength within
Categories:
closed door, sad
Form: Free verse
Time will fly by today like it did yesterday
Before you know it today will be yesterday
Take advantage of today
Tomorrow ain't nothing but a closed door.
Categories:
closed door, inspirationaltoday,
Form: I do not know?
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