A Lock in the World
by Frank Watson

We enter inside

a lock:

the world outside


Old-fashioned,

this lock is like a peephole:

we see a passage wide


A rusty key

a jam in the door

we wait for the chance to be


To join

and divide:

a living life in cells


I lock my eyes on you

and suddenly

we’re free



Note: Written for Haiku Heights's 6/2/12 prompt, "Lock." 

All writings and translations are Copyright © by Frank Watson, also writing as "Blue Flute" (2011-2014).
Year: 
2012