The Walls Around Us

We all build walls around us

to keep some in, and some out

but really, why make such a fuss

We’re all one I want to shout

 

Borders are mere constructs

That nature does not abide

Imagined lines to avoid flux

To cross one, oh woe betide

 

If we cannot love our neighbour

How can we possibly love ourselves?

We will all one day share God’s acre

Or become dust upon the shelves

 

Must we again sound the Shofar

To tumble down these age-old walls

Common sense must take over

To live and love in peace, after all

This poem is about: 
Our world

Comments

Jan Wienen

Food for thought. Now how to digest it. Thank you

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