April 27

National Poetry Month’s Poem-A-Day 30-Day Challenge: Day 27


DOOR HANDLE



Glen Campbell once sang

that nice guys get washed away

in the snow and the rain.

I suppose since then many

a seeker of the open door

have resorted to money or muscle

or some manipulating hustle. I still vote

for kindness as the stronger force

to unlock the future, just as the gentle

blade of grass defies its grave

of concrete as a matter of course.