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Opportunity knocks only once......

And it's in my door, knocking.... Asking me to open it.

This is the type of visitor that rarely comes.

A visitor  that I wasn't expecting.

There's nothing a graduating student would want but to be chosen by it's dream university.

I really wanted to open the door and take a leap of faith...

 To take that once in a lifetime chance....

I headed to the door with a shaky breath. My hands are sweating as I slowly turned the knob.

But there's one thing......

My smile faded as the biggest realization hit me....

I can't......

I was instructed to not open the door before they went out…

They taught me about strangers knocking on the door. On how they carry impending doom with them.

They shouldn’t be given trust.

But it is calling out for my name, still knocking in hopes for the child to open the steel door.

I clasped my hands and then muffled my cries…

I wish the knocking would stop and leave.

I cannot open the door for the visitor.

A visitor that is a stranger yet offers an opportunity….

I hated myself…

For this I will surely regret…

If I can only offer these silent tears in exchange for  courage....

But there's one thing that exists,

And that is...

I can't....

okay sorry for the grammar lololol