life portals bear import
more than ports of call
they demand deportment
choose to step through
this door to the other side
as it shuts quietly behind
there’s no going back now
the goodbyes and hellos of
these unmasked emotions
express momentous change
leave outgrown past for
future’s fresh opportunities
every end is new beginning
I stare at empty nest as our fourth son is now married and moved out…and Anmol (HA) hosts dVerse poetics with interesting with “portals” prompt. How fitting!
Björn Rudberg (brudberg)
May 24, 2020 @ 14:52:19
We all had those moments… myself I’m happy with the doors I have opened.
Beverly Crawford
May 21, 2020 @ 13:42:23
Every end IS a new beginning, providing we don’t waste our time dwelling on what’s past!
lynn__
May 21, 2020 @ 13:46:49
yEs…thanks, Bev!
merrildsmith
May 21, 2020 @ 06:02:35
You are so right about life’s portals!
lynn__
May 21, 2020 @ 06:37:16
🙂
Madhuri Sakhamuri
May 21, 2020 @ 02:52:21
this is beautiful Lynn..much love:)keep safe
lynn__
May 21, 2020 @ 06:36:33
Thank you, Madhuri 🙂 You too!
Victoria Stuart
May 20, 2020 @ 10:31:32
Such a great ending “every end is new beginning.”
lynn__
May 20, 2020 @ 10:50:16
Thank you, Victoria 🙂
Frank Hubeny
May 20, 2020 @ 09:56:44
Good point about every end being a new beginning. There’s no going back but there is going forward.
lynn__
May 20, 2020 @ 10:49:39
Going forward…yes!
kim881
May 20, 2020 @ 02:20:22
I love a coincidence, Lynn, and although it is hard to say goodbye to our children, especially when they get married and are ‘gone for good’, it is such a happy portal! I love the play on words in the opening lines and the wistfulness of:
‘there’s no going back now
the goodbyes and hellos of
these unmasked emotions
express momentous change’.
The isolation of ‘there’s no going back now’ says it all.
lynn__
May 20, 2020 @ 08:39:25
That chapter of life closes, another begins. Yes, it is a happy portal (and thank you for the reminder, KIm)!
msjadeli
May 19, 2020 @ 23:21:09
this’es are turning into thats all the time…
lynn__
May 20, 2020 @ 08:37:05
yep 🙂
anmol(alias HA)
May 19, 2020 @ 22:31:29
I love how the theme worked out so well, given your experience just now. Such wisdom in your words — “there’s no going back now” spoke to me. 🙂
lynn__
May 20, 2020 @ 08:36:30
Thanks, Anmol, I will embrace this portal.
memadtwo
May 19, 2020 @ 21:31:45
We can’t always choose our entrances and exits, but as you say, each threshold provides a new opportunity. (K)
lynn__
May 19, 2020 @ 21:49:48
True…i may edit this again 🙂
~M
May 19, 2020 @ 20:57:30
Nice one! 🙂
lynn__
May 19, 2020 @ 21:48:52
thanks!
~M
May 19, 2020 @ 22:26:11
You’re welcome 😉
rothpoetry
May 19, 2020 @ 19:08:56
It reminded me of my Granddaughters one that missed High School Graduation poratl and her sister who missed her UNC-Chapel Hill graduation. Both now enter portals of a different sort, missing closure as the door swings shut behind them!
Well done… opportunities for new adventures!
lynn__
May 19, 2020 @ 20:06:41
It’s strange for graduates this year…my niece and daughter-in-law as well.
rothpoetry
May 19, 2020 @ 20:21:05
A different world for sure!
Grace
May 19, 2020 @ 17:54:58
The first step is an act of stepping through, and behold a new beginning awaits us.
Take care !
lynn__
May 19, 2020 @ 20:05:50
Thank you, Grace…you too!