The Walls Around Us

We all build walls around us

to keep some in, and some out

but really, why make such a fuss

We’re all one I want to shout

Borders are mere constructs

That nature does not abide

Imagined lines to avoid flux

To cross one, oh woe betide

If we cannot love our neighbour

How can we possibly love ourselves?

We will all one day share God’s acre

Or become dust upon the shelves

Must we again sound the Shofar

To tumble down these age-old walls

Common sense must take over

To live and love in peace, after all