My Wall.

Missing a brick

my wall should be small

but it's so much more

than I can control

It stands

waiting to fall

it stands in my mind

this is my wall

My wall is too tall

already it blinds me

from the half of my life

that can't seem to find me

It divides me in two

but that's what walls do

blocks half from half

forces you to choose

No reasoning or pleading

no crying or screaming

my wall doesn't care

about anyone's feelings

It stands and is there

planted so deep

not a friend nor a doctor

ever can reach

It's good anyways

cause it would scare them away

like it's doing to me

but I'll get by

I'll live on both sides

my wall

and I

and I.

Author's Note

Written in 1995.