Walls

In my youth I recall A song by Pink Floyd Called 'The Wall' It Discussed Where Fear Resides Deep Inside Behind Tortured Eyes I suppose I should have mentioned A Berlin Wall Of Cold War Tensions It Arose To Demarcate Philosophical Differences Of Nations States Killing People It stood topped with razor wire Machine gun towers From which to fire Cold Grey Concrete Slaps Separating A German City Owner Occupied via sights It lacked anything to do with pity But then after all What are walls for But to surround and enclose So those who build them Can wriggle their toes Sleeping safe in summer nights Ignorant of outside fights Man has built walls For generations A Chinese One A celebration Hadrian When all said and done He built one and not for fun So now today we hear the news About how politicians And the media Wish to steer our views An american Working hard Uses one as an election card And what about Greece Where Walls of Wire Now are preventing release Of a situation so dire We changed its name From part of humanity To being a refugee insanity For what we know Because History Tells us so Is that Walls appear When we live in fear And are unable To find an answer near So what does that say As we wend our way In Wiltshire and Sunny Somerford Do we raise a glass Yell Kiss our 'hand' Accepting no human brotherhood Can fit in our Porsche Is that the correct course Is it at all feasible That civil unrest Will create a test That overflows our peace Bringing War Near And Not just Greece So I'd like you now To take a hand Of someone you love And imagine If you'd take a stand Join the push and shove To save them For each wall now Each brick Is a mark of fear As it rises tall There are no surprises For we hide with walls Whats on the other side If you would like to know a bit about me and my poetry please click this link below: https://youtu.be/Ic_V7aX4xbk