Author’s Note: The motif, “the door” is referred to frequently in the opening chapters of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and it was my influence to write this poem. Yes it’s there, but what does it actually mean? It seems as if Jekyll turns into Hyde when he goes through the door. I found it to symbolize the change that can take place when one walks through the door. There's a change, but you are still you.
How can one pass through a door?
Stay the same, but exist no more?
Appearance collapses within itself,
A change of mind, and nothing else.
Remain as first, yet be anew,
The door is unlocked inside of you.
Inside there lies your other half,
Silenced, in eerie wrath.
Comfort fails with slightest noise,
Taking laughter, ending joy.
Now awakened it takes your place,
the same person, but a different face.
Within the door lives always two,
Vastly different, and yet still you.
In a world of shadows and light combined,
Two souls dwell within one mind.
To kill the dark is to kill the light.
A civil war is a hopeless fight.
Shut the door, leave not a crack,
Close it tight and don’t look back.
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