Are you surprised
That some doors
Should remain closed?
Some journeys never taken?
Had no one told you
Of the whirling winds,
The tumultuous waters,
The blazing fires,
That lay behind a certain seal?
Did you believe yourself strong
Enough to bond with what lay inside,
To hold fast to the motion?
Did you imagine such zest
To be accessible one moment
And extinguished in the next?
Rather be astonished at the Force
That held it well for so long,
Be in awe of the Power wielded
To bar the entrance
These many years.

Copyright 2018. L.L. Shelton.