Walls

by Twan - Aries

I was a youngster who stayed in the world of books
about heroes and villians, of law-abiders and crooks
i put up a wall that i still haven't even tried to bring down
I had no chance to ever wear a crown
and life i saw as a waterfall
that ran down the street and sluiced through the cracks in the wall
still wondering why the way the walls fall
ignoring my mothers anguished call
the violins played as they sent my casket down the river
is this what they meant by the phrase "chopped liver??"

I'm not thomas dylan, i won't make my mark
by being so obviously lame and stark
technically, i belong to someone else, but that point
has not become something the pope can anoint

i put up a wall that no one can penetrate
we all do, for reasons that have to do with fate
everyone else came to the party late
and i'd like to stay longer, but i cannot debate...

i put up walls that hurt those around me deeply
the death of my brother broke our connection completely
the wall begins to teeter, but i knew before 
it will always be there, forevermore.
Birth sign: Aries
Date created: 2002-08-24 22:38:50
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:46:35
Poem ID: 69932

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