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The Voices of Stones Unbarred Rebar
This wall speaks of madness
Voices echoing from shamed mortar
Whispered hopes ripped into shredded dreams
Cries in the night chased down by Death-strip dogs
Bullet holes drip from the blasted barricade – burn the eyes
This wall speaks of remembrance embraced by rusted steel
Proclamations of the missing barrier; It is not missed
Spinning two-stoned parallel tales of the demolished
Unspeakable rubble, scattered in the leaves of 23 years
Recall the silent earth and Gewidmet graves of a family divided
A double-rowed brick footprint is all that remains
Throughout the city – a line for the fallen is cast
Ground down by the justified swing of the hammer
The open mouth, the gates-no-more, the road to reunion
The new day’s sun shines through Wall-pecker’s reconcile
This wall speaks of perspective reborn
Enumerated ghostly faces saying “sadness, division”
Old iron gates are screaming from fires rekindled
Singing out to the war-bound walls of the world
Painfully this brush paints its wisdom for all to see
and all to change
I really enjoyed this. First
I really enjoyed this. First I had an image of the veterans wall in Washington DC, and then reading on clearly saw it was the Berlin wall. In times of despair and intolerance we must learn to build more bridges.
...and he asked her, "do you write poetry? Because I feel as if I am the ink that flows from your quill."
"No", she replied, "but I have experienced it. "
I completely agree. it was
I completely agree. it was intesting what I saw there. At the end of the east side gallery, there is another photo gallery on the back side of the wall, that is all photo's of the others walls around the world. I thought it was a great thing because the Berlin Wall is actually commenting (in a way) on other walls and what they do. That's what the last couple of stanzas are about.
I have looked at a few of your poems nightlight and I know you've written quite alot of poetry. what did you think about this? any feedback Recommendations?
Do you remember why we're here?