you'll find no online guide for this, so bring intuition

you’ll find no online guide for this, so bring intuition

i need a safecracker

lenient fingers of love

that know how to work my tumblers

i can tell you

that the contents

are priceless and life-changing

if they can just be teased out

with a careful ear

and a patient touch;

respect for the unseen

so many

have tried to wrench the door

or blow it wide

scuffed it with kicks of rage

or held so tight

there was no room for opening

if you don’t come soon

the rusting around the edges

will spread

and everything

will become closed

and the hope and strength

and beauty will be lost inside;

forever unknown