10 July 2009

The Door

The Door

I see a door half open,
Or maybe it's half shut.
Perhaps I should go through it,
But if I do--then what?

I don't know what's on the other side,
And I'm half-afraid to see.
Through that door there could be danger,
Or perhaps my opportunity.

There's just one way for me to know;
I must go out and take a look.
I must this time show courage.
Or mourn the chance I never took.

©2009-Art Belliveau

4 comments:

Princess said...

I really like it, but you have it labeled as children's poetry... is that reflective of my mindset?

Art Belliveau said...

No. It means it is one I might like to collect into an anthology for kids one day.

Princess said...

I think Anthology is one of the coolest words in the English language. One of my favorites, so much fun to say... note to self: work the word "anthology" into more conversations.

An-thol-ogy, an-thol-ogy, annnnn-thoooollll-ooooogggggyyyyyy..................

Art Belliveau said...

Thanks for the smile, Princess.