Close the Door

I shut the door

Then took a step

Pausing for awhile

And in that pause

Hesitation’s claws

Took from me the why

I turned around

Without a sound

And placed my hands to open

Memories swirling, telling lies

About what’s on the other side

With one quick tug it opened up

And took from me my breath

For all that I had left behind

Were the weights the past me kept

And when I could no longer bare

The heavy darkness in my core

I put them down and walked away

I even closed the door.