hidden
Image by Indra Kapur. First published in Vision and Verse 2, an ekphrastic anthology by California Writers Club, edited by Les Bernstein
hidden
shoved them down
barred the door
decades ago
stalked away
at risk, survival
today the door,
that soft sea blue
a memory marker
latch broken
open
wrestle the bricks
a gentle shove
reveals
what calls to heal