The Other Side of The Door

Wrote this 2 nights ago, and have been trying to decide if i wanted to share it or file it away. Finally decided since im in a mood, and am on the site anyway that id share it. anyways here it goes, comments most definatly appreciated, also welcome are cash, computer parts, and cookies hehe.

The Other Side of the Door
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A cold breeze blows through the hallways of my mind.
The footsteps of the past,
voices of people long since gone
echo forever from rooms long since locked.

The dust and cobwebs of ages past,
dance in the breeze around dreams and wishes,
long since forgotten.

Ghosts and spirits, speak and walk.
Speaking without talking....
Walking without moving.....
Thriving for better days.

Days filled with laughter, not pain.
Joy, not sorrow.
Days long gone, maybe gone forever.

The hallway dead ends, before a final door.
Beyond this door lies the unknown, the unseen.
Can it be, where all the joy has gone,
the parties and the fun?

It could lead anywhere!!
To a shallow, broken grave, alone and forgotten?
To a treasure trove of happiness, enough to fill the rest of my days?

Running for the door, running like the wind.....
Speeding onward, never faltering.
No longer caring where it leads, or why,
My only thought is reaching it.

The door, it nears,
its close at hand.
The wood splintered, the metal tarnished.
Yet still it shines....
It shines with the promise of what COULD be beyond.

Turn the lock, twist the handle,
yet the door will not open.
Yelling and kicking,
knocking and pounding....
pounding upon that door,
Yet again the door remains locked.

Sliding down the wall,
to rest upon the floor.
My eyes begin to water,
my heart to break.

Wanting to get past this door,
to the unknown truths beyond.
Wanting it with all my heart,
and wanting nothing more.

Crying in anguish, in sorrow.
My heart and soul-
never knowing what it had lost....
But missing it all the same.

The tears flow like a river,
shimmering like a million stars.
Flowing down the hallway.
Washing the signs of time away.

Hitting the door, the tears flow through the lock.
The door falls open, filled with light.

Walking through the doorway, never once looking back.
My heart singing, my soul once more set free.
The door slams shut behind me.

It doesn't matter, for I no longer care.
Never want to go back there.
No, not anymore.
The pain and emptiness,
the sorrow and the pain....

I've left all that behind me now,

On the other side of that door.


Though you may ask me.
Know that I will never tell.....
What lies beyond that door,
Is it really heaven? Or is it really hell?

Written by Robert Bennett (aka omegaluke) Sunday November 6, 2005

[TheLoneOne]

wow... that's all I can say

[Gilgar]

What he said.