Dec 2017
.
He'd arrived at the door
many times.
His fingers would always
wrap around the **** with surety
and little hesitation.
He’d pause...
Just to relish the initial sting
of the coolness
in the brass and let it
soothe the creaks in the bones
and skin on calloused fingertips.
When he was ready,
he’d twist but
his wrist wouldn't work.
Like a hinge that hasn’t seen grease,
it wouldn't comply.
It would freeze because
he is afraid...
He knows well what awaits
beyond the threshold of this doorway.
He knows of what he craves
that calls like a siren beyond the door.
But yet...
He’s afraid.
Because what he wants the most
scares him so.
And opening this door leads to...
Closure.
.
He'd arrived at the door
many times.
His fingers would always
wrap around the **** with surety
and little hesitation.
He’d pause...
Just to relish the initial sting
of the coolness
in the brass and let it
soothe the creaks in the bones
and skin on calloused fingertips.
When he was ready,
he’d twist but
his wrist wouldn't work.
Like a hinge that hasn’t seen grease,
it wouldn't comply.
It would freeze because
he is afraid...
He knows well what awaits
beyond the threshold of this doorway.
He knows of what he craves
that calls like a siren beyond the door.
But yet...
He’s afraid.
Because what he wants the most
scares him so.
And opening this door leads to...
Closure.
.
