Open Doors

I am not closing anything at all

I don’t believe in shutting any door

The windows of my heart are always open

To allow in more and more and more

I am not deciding when is enough

I am not hastening to call it a day

As long as life is playing along

I am also ready and eager to play

I am not afraid of hurt or pain

I am not pre-judging what lies ahead

I am willing to risk a fall or scar

I am willing to allow some tears to shed

I am willing to embrace with open heart

Possibilities that stretch ahead of me

I am dropping the conditions I demand of life

In an attempt to set my own self free


Background:

I had to take a very difficult call today on whether to close something I had left open or remain open to possibility. Continuing to remain open to possibility would make me vulnerable to possible disappointment and hurt. I thought about it for a while and decided that while closing the issue would bring certainty (and therefore make me feel safe) the very idea of closing doors felt alien to my natural impulse. So the above poem is my resolution (in verse)....