Hesitate

 

Tap, tap, tap

 

Be hospitable, little one;

respond warmly

to the polite, urgent knocking

of a stranger in need.

Be not cautious; lift the latch

from its catch and welcome

them into your life -

whatever they may reveal

themselves to be.

 

Tap, tap, tap

 

Now silence…

 

for nobody

warned the worms

they were the exception

to charity.

 

Author's Note

Not much to show for all these weeks of absence...but ah well.

Reviews

[poetic soul]

it was a nice way to say out loud a very deep msg thru such simple words n theme..... nicely woven! liked the read....

:) Smiles,
Poetic Soul

[Raef C. Boylan]

...and the birds.

[Rain]

Yep,
You only get protection and love if you're a cute furry animal. Worms are slimey and ugly, except to the fish. Rain..

[J. A. Svercek]

This is brilliant--such weighty matters disguised with child-like simplicity, and the way it boils down to these few words. I am always fascinated by stuff like this.

Thanks for writing,
J.

[just is]

I liked this I found this true too, and enjoyable.

[Boyd Johnson]

tap, tap, tap.

the end was a killer.

enjoyed the briefness of it, enjoyed the pacing, the subtle rhyme. basically, i like it.

[PianoandPage]

hmmm. it does have a nice literary air about it. sort of cold and composed like poe. it intrigues me.

[Ellie W. Montreal]

mmh, i liked it alot.
spoke for so much, yet so little.
left me hangin', yet i got everything.
I like it :)
*places in Favorites*

[F. Nazarov]

Well, I'm on here all the time and don't have anything to
put up so don't feel bad.
I liked it, maybe because it's so true,
us and the things we do...

[Hedra Helix]

miss you.