Who or what’s behind this closed door?
Do terrors lurk there evermore?
Visceral beings bound by runes?
Angelic mist where heaven boons?
Or could it be my childhood friend?
Why, oh why did our friendship end?
Where are you now brother of old?
What destiny did you unfold?
Will it lead where I need to go?
Or face to face with my shadow?
A grim reminder of the past?
A window to the Dutchman’s mast?
Is it better to leave it shut?
Or rip the band-aid from its cut?
Will maws of pain come shooting down?
Choke on whiskey until I drown?
Introspective Poetry 