Don't Slam The Door! Poem by Ruth Fogelman

Though you're irritated, frustrated, your emotions raw,
grabbing your jacket and keys in your hand -
don't slam the door!

Though you think that no-one will understand
as you pack your bags to escape everyone,
grabbing your jacket and keys in your hand -

though you want to flee the commotion, to run
away from a world that is not as it seems
as you pack your bags to escape everyone -

though you need to evade the spins and the schemes,
far from the static, to hear yourself think,
away from a world that is not as it seems -

though you feel others are opaque as black ink,
and you must get outside for a gust of fresh air,
far from the static, to hear yourself think -

though you're seething, huffing, in the depths of despair,
though you're irritated, frustrated, your emotions raw,
and you must get outside for a gust of fresh air -
don't slam the door!