Wilderness
It’s so easy to keep on
wandering
aimlessly
in the wilderness
hoping
somehow
to find the light.
Such a predictable landscape

making sure that one day
is much the same as the next.
Making sure that one day
is just as safe as the next.
Maybe it’s easier
still
to keep to the path,
the straight and narrow one,
even though I know
it can never reach the light.
If only a door would appear
that I could open.
If only a door would appear
that I would open
and pass through
out of the wilderness,
into the unknown.
Into the dark or the light.
 

Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine is a print and digital publication of poetry, short fiction, nonfiction, drama and artwork. Issue 14 Spring 2020 features the work of 38 contributors from all around the world.
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Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine is a print and digital publication of poetry, short fiction, nonfiction, drama and artwork. Issue 14 Spring 2020 features the work of 38 contributors from all around the world.

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