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shutting doors

doors closing 

doors closing 


leave them open


stay here

stay a bit longer 


i know you have some 

thing to do


i doo have some

thing to do


but this sound

of your hand

pulling the knob

into the other direction


inwards toward the room 

while I'm out here


out from the house 

while I'm left here


is really 

so

unbearable 


and the shut

the shut of the door 

i can feel the latches creaking round


i can feel the final wind of the door

as they near their close


that miniscule gust

like some sick joke

a puff of air as if to say, 

'i know you're hot

so here's a teaser'


and the kiss of the cool wind

never does land on my cheek


but a far away abyss


to complete 

the final shut 


and now this is how I live


every little movement of yours

although you might not know it


leaves behind it a feeling


they envelope me and my body

your presence, to me

is so many things


i don't know when i forgot 

how to answer your simple questions

i think i played too much

gave my limbs to the notes


and now this is why I'm mad

the notes 

the timelines

warped within each other 

and took from me my

fingers


sometimes i answer a question you've asked tomorrow

and you look at me like I'm elsewhere


or don't know that you have


but do not leave me

just


them,

open


it makes me so

so, sad


i can't help it 


why do i do it? 

why do i close the doors

in every 

possible 

world? 



©2024 by Azra Keskin. 

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