Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HERITAGE, by WINIFRED VIRGINIA JACKSON


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First Line: Door, I was, yes, afraid of you
Last Line: That stand and wait outside.
Subject(s): Ancestors & Ancestry; Heritage; Heredity


Door, I was, yes, afraid of you.
So slowly you swung back,
Your bending murmurs falling in
The dark, with creak and crack.

I pooh-poohed each move of yours.
I whispered, "'Tis the wind,
That scurries by, swift poking you
With mischief's fingered mind!"

But suddenly a nameless fear
Coiled like a snake of hate,
And hissed and struck! I leaped and closed
And locked you, cursing fate!

Door, was I then afraid of you?
I now lean low and hide
More fearful of the shapeless things
That stand and wait outside.





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