Build A Wall
Build a wall and no one can enter
Build a wall and you’re safe from all the bombarding
That wall built over time, built by the years, built by the moments
Each brick a moment
Every encounter the mortar
Brick after brick after brick
that wall was erected
once it was built there was no tearing that thing down
It wanted to stay built
It needed to stay built
Behind that wall you became strong, a force
Bombs were thrown, cascading down your wall
But no- you would throw them to the ground
Shaming them in even trying to break you
Sometimes the wall would even bounce back
becoming alive and breathing and speaking and expressing
Even with that wall though the war was not over
No, wars don't end after a structure is placed
No, tension does not cease because of an edifice raised
The wall and its contents still rattled in fear, scared into the corner
could the wall withstand all this torture?
Would the bricks crumble and fall under pressure?
Don't let those bombs tear you down.
You are better than that.
It’s not you.
You have worth.
But the wall only withstood physical beratement
Intensity seeped through cracks and dribbled down edges
Wore you down and
Tried to throw more bricks on top,
But it was too late
The foundation had begun to crumble and the mortar was no longer keeping bricks together