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Trapdoor

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 Broken and dingy a hollowed out frame

Sewn together with thread I was ashame

 Dirtied my world I was just a little girl

Everywhere I went that screendoor was there

Shotgun houses and shacks close together

Bare safety from the elements man animal and weather

The sound loud and flat and what everyone shared

Was that same exact screen door that shut out the world

A baby myself my own dreams ed

 By nail string and oppression those screen doors mocked

 I couldn't wait to leave home as if I knew of another

 Love like my family especially my mother

My own screen door was pretty and thin

Bent by the comings of so called friends

A young naive bride caught in a trap

But couldnt get out as the screendoors clapped

A lifetime later I barely see them now

Another form of oppression and its in the house

I miss mom's screen door the one that slammed shut

That's the only one ever where I felt loved.

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The Immortal Wize says:

WOW really profound,

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DAPHNE says:

Thank you immensely Wize Dom. This poem has been waiting for 31 years to be shared. I'm glad you liked it.

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