I Am a Door Closed to a Million Rooms,

 

...the heart is full — another throb would split it... ~Emily Dickinson

 

I am a door closed to a million rooms

and a million keys to just one door.

You could search a million drawers

and closets,

or fall to a million floors.

But you will never reach me,

even if you can climb the highest fence.

I bolted the windows tight

and threw away every wrench!

Some places when you enter

you are trespassing from the start,

for love cannot be forced nor taken

from one who has given away their heart.

Linking with the Sunday Muse for Muse #208

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I wanted to take a moment while I have your attention to say something important to me.  There is someone that I care about deeply that I have hurt recently through my own hurtful issues.  In my defense I did not do it intentionally, but I did it just the same, and as painful as it is to have to see our own wrongs, I guess I better get ready to hurt some more.  You see, sometimes we hurt people by what we do or say, and sometimes it is by what we do not, or what we do not acknowledge.  I wanted there to be utter peace; no waves, upset feelings, nor harsh words.  I don’t quite know why at the age of 58 I cannot get it through my hard head that sometimes you just have to ride the rough waters and let out a good scream when it gets bad, and just keep moving onward down the stream!  Rob, I think you are a passionate guy, and I do enjoy reading your poems, but the image prompt and the word lists, they are all good, and no comparisons or passive aggression needs to be thrown out into the blogosphere.  You have been through a lot Rob, so has my dear friend who hosted a magnificent word list, and so have I.  Sometimes people seem tough and hard as nails, but nails always make everyone bleed, and everyone needs to always remember that when they react to other people’s truths.   Anyway, what I am truly trying to say, is…………I am sorry for not speaking my truth, which is something my dear friend does, and that is one of the many reasons I love her.  I think I have spoken what my heart needed to.  Thank you for listening.

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