The elder poet

DOORS .

I\'ve been through doors that made me happy .

I\'ve gone through doors that made me sad .

Behind doors it did excite m .

Behind doors I\'ve cried .

 

Behind doors I saw my father .

As he lay so still when dead .

Behind doors I felt the sorrow .

As I lay upon his bed .

 

Too late to say I\'m sorry .

The words for him or I to say .

We stood by what we thought was right .

I stand by it every day .

 

His door to life is closed now.

But his memory is alway\'s there .

His leaving wasn\'t his choice .

It really wasn\'t fair .

 

I still talk to my father .

No better one could I find .

Because he\'s not here in person .

He is alway\'s in my mind.