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[sid] => 3418
[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => Three Knocks
[time] => 2002-09-06 06:26:07
[hometext] => Basically, this is a poem about fear. It is talking about a person with fears that come "knocking on their door" so to speak.
[bodytext] => The embers crackled, the ash arose
The grand clock chimed its hourly chord And there I sat upon a chair Pondering words and saintly lore "Who calls?" said I as my ears bent Towards the tall and solid door Three times they knocked, knocked, knocked Three times they knocked and then no more I stood and listened with bated breath I sang a song inside my mind "Tis just my thoughts" I told myself Not foe of evil, or friend of kind But then the knocking came again Three pounds upon the solid door "Speak" said I, "Who may you be?" Three times they knocked and then no more I took a step back to my chair I closed my eyes and begged for peace "Be gone!" I begged with nervous fear "Be gone and leave my soul at ease" Three knocks they came, one two three There on my tall and sturdy door In held a hope tightly in hand Three knocks there came and nothing more "Be gone you devil, away with you!" I knew who came knocking for me 'Twas my fear, my dark, my secret Each knock for a fear and there were three [comments] => 1 [counter] => 152 [topic] => 13 [informant] => Wilder [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => DarkPoetry )
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