Sunday, 6 September 2020

A Poem a Day (254): Iron key

 

Iron key

I’d let you in
through an open door

if i could find it,

get a handle on it,

rescue the iron key

that seems to be lost.

Maybe it’s just resting,
tired from knowing

the things beyond doors

residing in rooms

without the right words.

The dry echoes tell
of families and friends,

footsteps fading out,

but never forgotten,      

eager to rebegin.

I draw a curtain closed
on our watchful lighthouse,

its one eye winking

where boats never rest

in the blackening sound.

Copyright Vickie Johnstone, September 6, 2020

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