#Writephoto – What is a window?

What is a window?

The little one cried

What, indeed, I thought

Is a window?

A transparent sheet of glass

to let in sunshine and light

A barrier against the elements

to keep the cold out

A one-way invention

to allow one to spy on another

A barricade in a hospital nursery

to keep babies safe from germs

and from people of ill intent too

if I really think about it

A tribute to our Lord

resplendent in many colours

A peep into another world

of splendor and opulence

An opening into a physical hell

from which all instinctively recoil

An obstruction to the freedom

I can see on the other side

An impediment to a bullet

meant for the controversial person inside

The eyes of a beautiful woman

giving insight into her soul

An opportunity to be seized

and made the most of if you dare

What, indeed, is a window?

I opened my mouth and said

Why, a window can be anything

Depending on what is in your heart

And how you look at life

And embrace all it has to offer.

That is a window!

by Robbie Cheadle

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Thank you Sue Vincent for this wonderfully inspirational photograph. You can join in Sue’s weekly prompts here: https://scvincent.com/2018/01/04/thursday-photo-prompt-window-writephoto/.

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Robbie and Michael Cheadle are the co-authors of the Sir Chocolate Book series and Robbie Cheadle is the author of Silly Willy goes to Cape Town

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