Because of you I have loved so deeply
and because of you I have been bled dry,
"Well, you don't really love him." she said to me
(she gave herself away) in an instant I knew
she lied.
Not only to me.
Walls, walls, walls,
and only I can tear them down,
But how, behind each brick
I encounter my heart.
You said such awful things to me,
declared your truth for the world to see.
You never wanted to love me
only to be set free.
I will deal with the bricks
you can deal with your heart.
Categories:
tearing down, boyfriend, break up,
Form: Free verse
Armies build great Walls
Children with smiles make then all fall
Embracing our children
We shall see love never war
When we mix like pink cocktails
We will dance to all shores
Our children will laugh, smile and trance
We have only to follow and give love a chance
Youth is happiness all in the mind
It belongs to us all
Yes all of mankind
Categories:
tearing down, art, beautiful, child, dance,
Form: Couplet
They're tearing down Saint Ann's
As I shed a nostalgic tear
Part of my childhood gone
Where I spent my sophomore year
It was September of sixty one
Our very first week of class
It was only a short walk from school
To the Church where we attended Mass
Coal region was different then
We smoked on the morning ride
Each town held something special
A sense of purpose, a sense of pride
Saint Ann's dances on a Sunday night
Quarter admission seven to ten
Jesse Belvin "Goodnight My Love"
Hitch a ride home back then
Basketball game downstairs at lunch
Or play horsie against the wall
Sneak a cigarette in the boys room
Passing notes in the hall.
My Place was the local hangout
Jukebox in the back
Sometimes playing match pack football
No one keeping track
Now the stained glass windows are gone
And tears flow like falling rain
Soon they'll raze the building
Only memories will remain
They're tearing down Saint Ann's
Feel a longing in my soul
They're tearing down Saint Ann's
As progress takes its toll.
Categories:
tearing down, nostalgia, school, youth,
Form: Rhyme
It's the only object that stands in our way.
We can always tear it down any day.
There need not be something here that will divide.
To remove it, we can simply decide.
Without the wall, we can come together.
Join me in all types of weather.
If there be rain, or there be sun,
we can always come together and be one.
inspired by another member's poem
Categories:
tearing down, together,
Form: Light Verse