Doorways Poem by Jennifer Batch

Doorways to other worlds unknown leading into mystery
Doorways to the soul leading into light or darkness
Oh how they fill my dreams with open possibilities
Flooding my mind like an open sea of endless choices.....

Old worn rickety wooden stairs leading to a rugged narrow door
White marbled gold lined stairs temptingly leading
Towards a door glazed in deep crimson
Down a darkened corridor another doorway beckons
Tis the enormous mahogany door that leads me
To it's stature though I dare not enter in
For I sense an aboding desire to
Simply linger basking in it's presence
For beyond the threshold I sense
Overwhelming fear residing, looming in wait of my arrival
Unaware of whether it be daunting danger or foreboding warnings
Lying in wait for me beyond the strong sturdy barrier

Perhaps had I allowed fear not to hinder me within my dreams
I may have been awakened in my life
Awakened from false illusions blinding me
Had I allowed myself to view the truth behind that door
Perhaps true integrity I would have found
Creating a world where I am strong and free
A world full of possibility where nothing, even for me, is impossible

But dreams are oh so oft overlooked as mere imagination
Not given merit for cleverness or revelation
And so for me twas not the dream that made me see reality
Reality tis what made me see the dream
Whilst I for years was in a state of blurred haze and confusion
Covering truths with clever lies to which I accepted and fed upon
Twas a large door intently placed half mast
Which knocked me to the ground leaving me to see
The solar system swirling all around and up above my head
And yet I in my mind continued to wander amidst confusion and denial
That love could such a cruel thing intently do
Until reality made me see the dream.....
Until waking to the reality
Of what a fool I'd been

Now I wonder what doorways line my path with open possibilities
Possibilities I once thought only existed in my mind within my dreams
Things I did not realize were well within my reach
For truth to me has been revealed;
Tis fear that lives within the mind and possibilities are all around
Everywhere just waiting to be ceased
Because with faith anything is possible to achieve
And so head held high I will walk through whatever doorway
Life presents to me knowing that I can
For no longer will I be hindered by voices....
Voices in my head, voices of the world, voices of claimed love
Feeding fear to me, feeding deception to me
Lining my pathway with stumbling stones
I shall walk through the doorway
Out of darkness into light