Tyler

Tyler knocked and the door swung open
    Swung open but only a crack
But oh what he saw in the opening
    Oh what we saw looking back.

It shimmered and shined like the lamplight
    It was singing a wonderful song
Then the door swung closed very slowly
    It was not opened long

He knocked at the door till sunset
    But found it would not yield
The door had closed very slowly
    But it was shot and locked and sealed

He has started at the door every since then
    The happiest of men
Waiting for the wind to tell him
    It is time to  knock again.

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