Wednesday, July 3, 2024

The open door April 9, 2012

 


Maybe I should not have

Lent her the book

On how to be a

Weekly reporter.

It drew her attention to me,

When all I want most

Of the time

Is to stay invisible,

Observing life from

The wings,

Unaffected,

Remote,

Never too deeply

Involved

You never know

What could happen

When you unlock

The door

Or who might

Walk into your life,

Or what could happen

Once that happens,

How it changes yu,

How lost in your own

Thoughts you get,

What you want,

How possible is it

To get it,

How terrible a price

You pay when

You can lay hands

On a fantasy,

She, so often on

The other side

Of text messages,

Later,

But there live

On Tuesdays

Sweet Tuesday mornings,

You regret when

They come to an end,

Why did I do what I did

And it is possible to

Undo it,

Knowing despite the ride

This all eventually ends

Up in a train wreck,

Of my own doing.

Maybe God can open

A window when

Life closes a door,

But it is beyond me

To close a door

I’ve already opened,

Because down deep

I wanted it from the start

For her to step through it

And into my life.

 


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