Behind the doors
of every home
apartment building
mansion or hovel
trailer or cabin
or where some live in autos
even in cardboard boxes
poor folk use for their lodges
there is one common factor
behind every doorway
those inside live out chapters
every night, every day
of their lives and their loves
and all they’re dreaming of
plus their joys and their sorrows
on the time they have borrowed
facing all their tomorrows
in these shelters that keep
all the ones that they cherish
In a warm place to sleep
and a place they can eat
just look down any street
you’ll see row after row
of structures all holding
folks you may never know
and each home has a story
behind every door........
some are happy, some tragic
in a place where they store
all their precious possessions
and their secret transgressions
plus their hidden obsessions
tucked behind locks called Yale
where the aged folks slowly
bid farewell to their life
staring through cataracts
at their husbands or wife
there are millions of children
making up families
making noise, having fun
or just watching T.V.
there are mothers and fathers’
tending to all that bothers
each babe that they sired
late at night overtired
silhouettes on the windows
rocking infants to sleep
There are fights and great anger
that will often explode
heard by others around them
who fight also and know
that it’s part of the process
of what we all call marriage
and it runs through the gauntlets
first you love…then disparage
all of life’s complications
all across every nation.
behind locked doors
become just more
daily frustrations
but there also is love
and passion that grows
just past the curtains
on every window
sweet kisses goodnight
tiny tots tucked in tight
then all moms and dad’s
share some time every night
if the mood is just right
making many more dwellings
in the future to come
down the road out of sight
behind doors not yet hung
for the lives they’ve created
cause they chose to be mated
it’s a beautiful story
but it can also be sad….
for all those who are lonely
and this is not what they have
each day behind doors
brand new pages are written
scripted by those who dwell there
with their dogs or their kittens
and if you drive through the night
you’ll see all of the lights
that glow behind each door.
say a prayer for each family
as your driving on by
that they’ll all share great lives
as you head off to your own home
and that bed where you'll lie
and say a prayer for your own clan
as you turn off the light.
as you turn off the light
Incredible Music Composed &
Played by-frank DANA-©-2022
Lyrics & Vocals Written & Sung by
Matthew f. Blowers III--©-2022 at:
Art~Whimsically Yours Studio
Photo by-Dil at: unsplash.com
