the door may be closed
defensive syntax on guard
above cold foreign soil
invested chinese swamp
or blank as a renouncement
barring prejudicial flames
the colour lines were drawn
and yet they are re-crossed
a single character marks
a half number retreated
to consolations unknown
behind the multilocked door
perhaps they soon shall pass
more inscrutable as always
but never going very far
from portals so hard won
for all the ancient societies
of the persistent secret orders
will leak a welcome of sorts
to those who can open doors