Thursday, November 17, 2011

The Wall

This brick wall
Knows every problem in the world

Victims are pushed against it
The bullied are thrown into it
Self-loathing heads beat on it

The needy are drawn to it
The beggars are sent to it
The innocent are killed there
In the alley-way beside it

The prideful spit upon it
The ignorant don't see it
The apathetic just don't care

The homeless make their beds
In the cardboard thrown away there

Dumpsters rot there
Drugs have many uses there
Forbidden doors are
Hidden there

I wish I could crumble
But I don't want to crush
All the hurting
That find comfort at the
Broken, destroyed,
graffiti-covered, lonely,
brick wall.
It's all that still understands them.

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