From the Doorway
Books stacked everywhere
Marked half through
I smell cinnamon and vanilla
It reminds me of you
I feel your pink sweater
Hanging on the door
Bed perfectly made
But dresses on the floor
Wall full of maps
Places you’ll never see
The cat sleeps in a corner
Looks sad as can be
All this I notice
From the outside looking in
The memories of you
A glowing life that has been
I don’t go in
I can’t do this today
As if I never go in
You’ll have never gone away
Carys Cox is eighteen years old and a student at Waynesboro Area Senior High School in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania (USA). "From the Doorway" was selected as one of the winning poems in the kick-off poetry contest sponsored by Under the Madness and judged by Ala Khaki.
