Closed Door

Charlotte Kuchinsky
Where are you?
Where have you gone?
Did I just imagine you
Or hear about you
In the words of a song?

I felt you
Or thought I did.
You've been inside of my heart
Always dwelling there
Since I was just a kid.

Why leave now?
What did I do?
Is it something that I said
Without any thought
That's led to losing you?

I need you!
I always will.
Without you here by my side
Life is just empty,
Quiet; forever still.

Please come back!
That I implore.
I'll not survive without you;
With my tomorrows
Inside a closed door.

Published by Charlotte Kuchinsky

I'm an author, columnist and poet. I have done extensive business, creative and technical writing and written curriclum for high schools, colleges and universities. I am currently the principal writer for a...  View profile

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  • Allana Calhoun (Tink)3/10/2010

    Very pretty poetry. Full of emotion.

  • Carol Roach3/9/2010

    exceptionally good poem

  • J P Whickson3/7/2010

    Very heartwrenching poem.

  • Linda M. McCloud3/7/2010

    Sad. But well said.

  • Bethany R. Marsh3/7/2010

    Very sad! : (

  • Kay Balbi3/6/2010

    Sad, hope the door opens for you.

  • Nora3/5/2010

    Very nice expression of feelings.

  • Jennifer Waite3/5/2010

    Thanks you for sharing this piece with us!

  • Kristie Leong M.D.3/4/2010

    Such a moving poem. Beautifully written.

  • Charlotte Kuchinsky3/4/2010

    Julia, you may have hit on something. I have been thinking about my mother a lot recently -- my real mother, not the shell that Alzheimer's has left behind. Perhaps the poem came from that emotion deep inside. Either way, I'm not sure the words are ever mine directly. They come like a gift to me.

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