The Rusty Poet

A Familiar Knock

I hear a familiar knock
Knocking on my door,
I ask, "Just go away!"
You've never been
Welcomed here before.

Harder and harder it knocks
Refusing to go away,
"I asked you to leave me alone!"
But the knock won't go away.

This is a familiar knock
To every one in town,
And if you answer this
Knock at your door
It will only pull you down.

"You are not my friend,
Please go away!"
I raised my voice up to a scream,
I said to myself, "This can not be.
Please let it be a dream."

Determined not to leave me alone
I ran over to the door,
"Depression ⎯ never  visit me
You've never been welcomed here before."

© Scott Walker 2009