The Other Door
To take a perfect bolt
and start the nut awry
and twist it with a jolt
is like a lie.
To grab a kiss or touch
without her matching mood
won't gratify as much
as tasteless food.
To batter down a door
whose fault is being locked
won't satisfy us more
than having knocked.
For every door locked tight
a second unlocked door
will open with no fight
and please us more.
The one who knocks and waits,
then seeks an unlocked way,
transcends life's petty hates
and learns to pray.
From Poems That Search and
Poems That Question (1982)
by Alan Harris
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Copyright © 1982 by Alan Harris. All rights reserved.
Photo: Alan Harris
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