All night I dreamt of bonfires and burn piles and ghosts of men, and spirits behind those birds of flame. I cannot tell anymore when a door opens or closes, I can only hear the frame saying, Walk through.

Ada Limon
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The idea of walking through a door is very interesting. The idea of walking through a door represents something coming to an end. Like when you walk into a house, you are entering a space that is no longer yours. When you come back to the same space again, it is because you have finished or overcome what was previously in that space.

The frame behind the door saying “Walk through” means that the end of one thing is the beginning of another thing. Walking through a door can also mean leaving behind something unpleasant and entering something new. It can also mean coming back to what you started with after finishing it.

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