WALL

by Christopher Rudolph Keough/Capricorn - Not entered

EBONY IVORY CHAIN LINK
BOUND BY BREATH
HELD BY MORTAL FLESH AND BLOOD
IN THE TURMOIL OF STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS


BEND OF EYE AND EAR
TURNED INSIDE AND AWAY TO
FROM A SIMMERING BURN OF ASH
AND BLINDING DEATH OF FALSENESS


WALL OF STEEL WIRE AND SHARPENED BLADE
ATOP THE EDGE OF HILLBORNE RICHNESS
POVERTY AND DISMAL OUTCAST TO A WILDERNESS
WITH CLENCHED FIST AND WEARY THOUGHTS OF MIND


SEED INHERENT AND ROOTED DEEP
FAINT CRY OF SOULS DRAINED AND FALLEN
IN THE CAVERNS OF ECHOING ACHNESS
FROM THE WARZONE AND BOUNDARY LINE HOPE

Reason for writing:

    BY EXPERIENCE;  "TO CROSS THE LINES OF RACE, OR ECONOMIC
DIFFERENCES, THE CHALLENGE IS BRUTAL, AND COSTLY, AND SOMETIMES
FATAL".------BUT VERY POSSIBLY WORTH IT!!!    

Birth sign: Not entered
Date created: 1996-07-13 14:06:13
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:38:52
Poem ID: 45209

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