OctPoWriMo 5 - Wide Open

Prompt: Doors
Suggested form: The Bop

Wide Open

All my life I’ve sought the shadows:

Hiding who I am from everyone;

Presenting part of me as all of me;

A mask not quite a lie but not the whole

of who I really am. I like the quiet

in the darkness of my thoughts.

Fling the door wide open and let the light come in.

I am sensitive to sun and light:

Too much of it can quickly burn my skin,

But I cannot survive too long in shadow.

And yet the opened door is terrifying.

I am safe, alone and sheltered

here inside my refuge

where no one knows me

or my secrets.

Fling the door wide open and let the light come in.

With creaking, squeaking hinges,

my closet door cracks open.

I let a couple people in.

But fear still holds me in its grip

and keeps me in the dark. Why should I

share who I am with those I cannot trust?

Fling the door wide open and let the light come in.