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

[Emily B]

It is enough. More than enough to tide us over until you find another something. Somehow I can't help but link this with Poe's The Raven. Maybe it's the tapping. . .

And if Poe's writer found Nevermore and we find Worms. There really isn't much difference some days. I like it.