@Scarred4Lyfe 21 April 2021 more from that month

RAISE THE WALLS Sorrow and despair Blank faces everywhere Stare with hungry need At others driven by greed No easy solution To war and pollution That fills the sky Darkening my eye And so I raise the walls... Screams fill my ear Both far and near Of children weakened by hunger Families driven asunder Blocking out the traces Of angry faces Better to be alone Behind high walls of stone And so I raise the walls... And so for a time Peace fills my mind All worries and care Are blocked out there While inside I lie still... Fighting the will... To be part of the masses The trod upon classes That while blocked from my sight I still hear in the night As they call for me To set myself free Of this prison of stone That I built all alone... So lonely inside... Why need I hide... For wasn't there love And a smile from above To counter the screams And brighten my dreams And friends' smiling faces Leading to places Of warmth, love and joy Is my wall just a ploy To fool my own mind... So much I left behind And so I raze the walls... And start living again. ©2012 Michael Joseph Ratcliffe