A Flower For the Future
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A FLOWER FOR THE FUTURE
In 1964 a wall went up between
East and West Berlin!
What a barrier of shame,
What a humanitarian sin,
During the 28 years until
November 1989, over eighty
People tried to escape over
The wall, a number quite weighty!
People in desperation
Fell to their grizzly death,
And took their very last breath,
Trying to leap from a roof
From the East to the West,
They put their all to the test!
They tried crossing canals,
But were killed, lifeless bodies guards
Would fish,
Out of the water, freedom from the
East Germans their last thought and wish!
But in the week of November twelfth,
1989, this grim death wall,
Saw its fall,
As it became a historic monument
The end of a black moment,
An epic event
Where even East German soldiers
Were bent,
On bulldozing the wall to let people through,
It is true,
Asked an East German doctor who crossed
With her car,
Yes, We are free, come across,
Run from the east run away far!
People crossed in a daze, laughter,
And tears,
No longer did they have to live with
East German fears,
Moms pushing prams, lovers holding hands,
Rejoicing pensioners, all made
Many merry bands!
Checkpoint Charlie, a dreaded
Division, where-in humanitarian feats,
Took place,
Now became a place of jubilation, not
A sad face,
Champagne spilled and people sat on
The wall,
As an East German soldier offered
A flower of peace to the West,
East and west mingled and became one,
A grand moment in history,
West Germans had surely won!
This makes us think of Trump and his wall,
And one happy day, it’s inevitable fall,
How inhumane is this division,
That needs immediate revision!
Copyright © Jennifer Proxenos | Year Posted 2019
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