Border Wall

 Border Wall



We were afraid of you, we built a wall


Kicked you out


Go back where you belong! 



The line was drawn 


I cut out the part of my heart that still felt


Given a choice, stand up, or follow the leader


 Divided


Stone upon stone


We laid down the wall


Lawfully by the rule of mob


Where have all the people gone? 


They were replaced by unfeeling robots


 #We’redoomed


If I look hard enough I can still see you


Somewhere beyond the wall


Still think we can be saved?



I watch the birds  in envy

None was ever interrogated

Where are you from, crow


Show your passport, black bird



Only I can’t fly over walls


The world goes on

Or so people say

I don’t go there


It’s still green here


Border guards patrol

While we wait


 You heard about the statue scandal


Even without liberty, no, you may not take back the statue! 


In her face, she is mocking us


Liberty herself, stone she may be

Can see better without eyes


Hold that thought, while I check Facebook



What happens if we step out of line?


Go against the crowd?

Unplug


I walk along the wall at times

Are you there on the other side? 


If I call, will you hear me? 


We’ve changed so much


I’d say, how? 



I don’t want to disappear 


Twenty people liked what I had for dinner last night



Ever just pick up the phone and ask them directly? 


I can’t know why the law states that truth is fake


Maybe it’s we who are fake


How can a heart hurt years after it’s cut out? 



The ground shakes


We go on pretending, 

Smiling as our world shatters


The cracks grow bigger,

We could crawl to the other side


Alone in this reality we made


Who can save us from ourselves?


Merry Christmas from our team at Facebook! 


Plugged into the system


Ignoring the apocalypse just outside our bubble


What is that white on the ground?


I kneel, it’s so cold


I can’t deny five feet of snow


Walking along the wall


I see a light shining bright like a beacon of hope! 


It comes crashing down


 Nothing now but a pile of stones


My defenses down

I look across 

Lights shine


Putting one foot in front

 Crossed over

As snow falls



We stand watching as borders fall apart, 

people remain




  




   







  





















   

 

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