Walls

I built a wall

Not of stone but anger and desperation

I built a wall

Higher than the sky I can’t see anymore

I built a wall

Deeper than the deepest sea you can imagine

 

The castle I live in is made of glass;

it’s completely transparent, everything on show

Other people have houses made of stone and wood

They can go outside or hide inside, at whim

Not me. I can’t hide anywhere inside my glass walls

 

To protect myself, I built a wall

But I forgot the gate

Now I’m a prisoner in my own home

Not being seen, but not able to see either

Not being heard, but not able to hear either

Not being touched, but not able to touch either

 

You can be happy captivated,

As long as you ignore the prison around you

If you don’t, your world starts to crumble;

shards of glass falling down and burying you

But not the walls surrounding your castle

Never the walls, they are built for eternity

 

My existence is bound to the walls

If they fall, I will too

They are the only thing that protects me

No one is able to come in and nothing can escape

But I know it’s for the better

The world outside my castle is cruel and I’m not welcome

 

I’m not part of their world and they are not part of mine

How could I? They’re so different from me

It’s like fire and water,

but the fire outnumbers the water and I will burn eventually

Let’s face it, I may not survive in your world

But you wouldn’t survive in mine either

Author's Note

I'm sure I'd be more satisfied with it if it'd rhyme. Anyway, I tried to get a bit "deeper". No idea if it actually worked out.
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Reviews

[Wayfaring stranger]

I like your scheme or repetion of a walls. Poem have very good structure also have quiet deep meaning. We are all responsible for our walls and they falls. You take look from every point to reflect and to see a reasons for building a walls. Walls can be our demons but how said Tenesse Williams destroy my demons and my angels will vanish too. Great poem .

[Chithra]

Hi Hanna, nice write..loved the concept..:-)

[Hanna01]

Thank you!!!

[Chris]

All walls have a price - for those that build and those that break. Some fears are quite real and we live by our choices.

[Hanna01]

So very true!

[Chris]

Here it's morning... I hope your day went well.

[Hanna01]

Morning? Wow. Here it's 3 pm in the afternoon.

[Chris]

9:22 A.M. at the moment. Many forget the world is a vast place and time is NOT universally equal...