Break Down The Walls Poem by WorldUnderstanding AndPeace

Oh! the walls we build, the chasms we create,
The Us versus Them that we proli-fer-ate!
Oh! the bonds that we share that we choose to ignore,
As we search and search, then search even more,
For things to separate and keep us apart,
For differences we decide to take to heart.

Oh! the walls we create full of fear, doubt and hate,
Self-fulfilling prophecies we choose to generate,
As we slice and dice the human race into bits,
By religion, by income, by 'race”, by politics,
By history and nationality, and oh! so many ways,
Oh! the walls we build, that consume our days!

Tell me does it compute? Does it make any sense?
To choose over truth – lies and pretense,
To deny the things that as humans we all share,
Things that light-up our lives, or hardships we bear,
That we'd choose to build walls to keep us apart,
Choosing 'more suffering’ - on this world to impart.

Let reason reign, let's stop this madness,
Of building more walls that negate our oneness,
While sharing this small rock, earth that we call,
Lost in this greatest expansive Universe and all,
Enough of destruction of brother on brother,
Enough of madness of sister on sister.

Let's step forward, let's dare, let's venture,
To tear down the walls we've built up before,
Let's triumph and celebrate, a new day let's give forth,
Let's build and rebuild, bridges of all sorts,
Farsighted let's become, let reason reign supreme,
Let's step up and reach out, and displace hate and fear.