Weekly Poetry Challenge Five

Opening A locked door

Opening A locked door

When Sam Adams retired
He moved back
to his childhood home
in Eagle Point, Oregon

in the heart
of the Rouge River Valley
in Southern Oregon

He and his wife
Moved into his Uncle’s house
Which he had inherited

Uncle Joe
was an eccentric
college professor

who claimed to be
the last descendant

of the horror writer
HP Lovecraft

And claimed
That Lovecrot
Was writing the truth

In his will
He said that
they could use
The entire house

But the locked door
Contained a portal
To other universes

He said

“The door should remained
Locked and sealed
Until the end of time.

“There are some things
Monsters out there
That should remain
In the other world.

Do not open the door
If you do
All hell will break loose.

HP knew this
And now you know too.

Do Not Open the Door!
You’ve been warned.”

Sam and Maria
Became obsessed
With finding out
What had happened
To his uncle

Who had disappeared
Leaving him the house
Property

And one million dollars
In cash

They finally broke down
And opened the locked door

Inside they found
A spinning door
A portal to another world.

With a sign that read

“for madmen open
Enter at your own peril”

Sam and Maria
Jumped through the gate
And they were never seen again.

But the horror on the other end

Burst through the gateway
Unleashing horror
On the Southern Oregon community.

The government sealed
off the town
On national security grounds.

And the rumors spread
Of portals to other worlds
And monsters on the loose.



Prompt/Week # 50



A locked door.



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