A Prompt and a Poem

Knockin'

Prompt by: Stories from the Jukebox

Prompt: #9 : Knocking on Heaven’s Door by Bob Dylan

Thank you MJ Polk for for your Stories from the Jukebox. I don’t usually write from prompts, but enjoy what others have written. This one called my name.

I first heard “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” in a movie theater, watching Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. I can’t say enough about how Bob Dylan influenced my life. Now he influences the simplicity in the following echo:

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Knockin’

door

always a door

open

locked

knocked

heaven

always a haven

eternal

above

gated

I’ve knocked on doors

that no one answered.

I’ve knocked on doors

that refused my call.

I’ve knocked on doors

that flew wide open.

I’m knocking now

on heaven’s wall.

… silence

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