Poem for the week: "Doors"

Doors

Every door we open leads

to another world, but we don’t

have enough life in us to open

every door; and if we did, what

good would it do us?

Unless we know the answer

to this question, every door remains

a mystery; but we open every door

to satisfy the longing in our soul.

I opened a door long ago

that led to a world of possibilities,

and I could have become affluent;

but it did not satisfy the longing

in my soul, and another door

opened up to me.

The world behind this door

was strangely familiar and exotic,

and I explored every corner to satisfy

the longing in my soul; and when I

left this strange world, I closed

the door behind me.