You Have To Step Through the Door by Tom Murray
A cottage not so far
Off the beaten track
As you imagine.
A cottage metaphorically
Guarded by a white rose
Wrapped around a thistle.
A cottage of mice
And grand old men just left the room.
A cottage straight out of
'How our ancestors used to live.'
A cottage so much bigger,
In so many ways
On the inside than out.
You have to step through the door.
Tom Murray lives in Selkirk, is editor of The Eildon Tree, is a widely published poet and fiction writer, currently writer-in-residence for Clackmannanshire.
