Hi Ian:
I like this one but wonder about the word, "smooch", in stanza 3.  In stanza
4, to me, the word, "vigil" connotes--and denotes--a standing and waiting, a
guarding.  So, IMHO, you may want to play around.  I vote for the words:
standing vigil.
Terrie


> These four walls
>
> Sat here facing  outward
> all I see are the walls
> two windows and
> a door
>
> One electric window on the world
> a door to another time
> one window to the weather
> dark and wet
>
> One window
> open in the night lets
> sounds smooch by my ear
> breeze brush my breath
>
> Chaos at the door
> stands waiting a minstrels vigil
> held by flickering window
> I'm safe
>
>
> for now
>
>
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