Tearing Down The Walls
Tearing down the walls
Built up during a lifetime of loneliness
Made from the bricks of despair
And mortared with a childhood of sadness and indifference
Now hoping to rebuild my life in a different way
Clearing the remnants of my past
And removing all fences and barriers
To permit my advance unimpeded
With a more open view of what lies ahead
A horizon filled with beauty and expectation
Painted with the colors of twilight and sunset
And the glow of requited love.
In awe of this new found view of life
With a heart filled with love and faith
For both family and friends
Now seeing life, not as a punishment
But as something to be experienced,
To be lived; to be adored and shared
No longer locked behind the “invisible walls”
But free to dream and immerse myself
In the warmth of my feelings, my wants and my dreams
Now more free and happy
Than I have been in my entire life
Not entirely forgetting my past
Nurturing the pains of yesterday
And working to understand
Eventually to heal and to forgive
Permitting my inner child to start over
To experience a different life, a better life
Filled with energy and enthusiasm
And with freedom and hope
Now with no walls to block his way
