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Slamming Door
September 4, 2015
I am a slamming door.
Echoing through the Tenement Flats.
I open and close with a click,
Yet nobody takes a second look.
I am a slamming door.
Knocking over clothes hangers as I come to a close.
The clothes fall to the ground,
And before long are back on the wire.
I am a slamming door.
My actions show the emotion of my people.
Their anger or frustration,
Is represented by my speed.
I am a slamming door.
My loud sound and fast movement,
Is a statement to all,
That I shall not be opened.
I am a slamming door.
Most know my meaning,
Yet others choose to ignore it.
As one final statement,
I lock.
© Alejandra D., Kannappolis, NC
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I wrote this poem about a painting called Tenement Flats by Millard Sheets. The Painting is in Washington DC, where I live and go to school.