The wall is the Great Divide
I stand within my compounds And watch you from inside. Pretending I am safe in here From all the wrongs of life. I hide away my emotions And board the doorway. She knocks at my gates I peer from up high Her beauty cast light on my heart. For cupid has struck me. Yet the Divide blocks me From her true beauty Angry I rip away at the boards Smashing my protections Revealing myself for the world To see. At last I sprang free Standing within inches of Her. The true essence of her beauty I had not seen For the light she cast on my heart Melted the iron bars I had in encased My bruised heart in. She showed me how to truly be loved And to love….