The Strongest Wall Poem by Barry Middleton
The Strongest Wall
Whatever walls me in, must wall you out.
That's the way with things that separate.
Where I was raised, I knew there was a rule:
it was the way of life to segregate.
I knew how wrong this was when I was six.
The railroad track somehow was the divide,
and I would learn the lesson soon enough
to keep my playmates from the proper side.
I learned to qualify to be a wall,
there was no need that it be wide or tall.
Moving on through life I soon would know
the strongest walls of all are in the mind.
When tribes or nations choose to stake a claim,
the wall is just a line we hide behind.
A wall can be the god we give a name,
a color we associate with grace,
a nation or a belief we must accept.
All walls divide the fearful human race.
Yes, walls can be invisible as air,
deceitful, cruel and wholly unaware.
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5/13/2024 3:50:32 PM # 1.0.0.1119
Another point of view, feeling.In my ''My own walls'' I tried to see '' walls '' from a different angle.
I read your poem and it is about inner walls whereby we deceive ourselves. The common ground with my poem is in my line the strongest walls of all are in the mind. I was indeed thinking of walls which separate us from other people. But you are right too. We can also build walls which hide us from ourselves. In fact I believe most of humanity has so many inner walls that they do not really know themselves. I think the final enlightenment is to tear down the inner walls and be able to accept all of what we are - the good, the bad and the ugly as the saying goes. I can accept my darker elements but still forgive myself and tru to become a better person..