Tear Down This Wall and Rebuild It Instead
Tear down this wall
And put an end to this
Cold War
Said the then
President of the U.S.A
Ronald Reagan
To the U.S.S.R leader
Premier Gorbachev
Only for much later on
Once the Iron Curtain
Had eventually gone
Mr Putin
Said
And rebuild it along our border
With Ukraine again instead
And for the grand opening ceremony
invite and book both
The Hoff
&
Comrade Roger
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Categories:
tear down, political,
Form: Free verse
We Must Not Burn Or Drop Statues
Burning and tearing down, statues,
is to erase history... and this
does not exist...
The past must serve as an example...
Statues that tell of human deeds
or defects... do not deserve so much attention,
but they tell what happened... So they must
have the context explained...Everyone has the right
to learn the truth...
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Categories:
tear down, abuse, allegory, allusion, bullying,
Form: Prose Poetry
A Wish From the Heart
I wish
I wish I could tear down that armoured wall that you've built,
so I can try to repair,
the gaping hole in your heart.
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Categories:
tear down, forgiveness, heart, love hurts,
Form: Free verse
Tear Down the Walls
(Spoken) All I could do is go away without looking back
The wind blows to and fro and I'm back on track
You and I smile to hide the pain
Don't be stuck in the past - catch the future's train
Verse 1: There's no accidents in what we do
Break away from the tension that surrounds you
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Categories:
tear down, deep,
Form: Lyric
Tear Down That Wall
When I have fallen
The Lord has so lovingly welcomed me back
And when I strayed
It was my name He was calling
And in so I prayed
Getting myself back on track
But when I was lost
He was still at my side
Loving me in spite of it all
Even paying the cost
Sin the wretched flaw
For which the Lord was tried
Know what
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Categories:
tear down, faith, god, jesus, self,
Form: Rhyme