BRIAN’S POETRY CORNER
THE BERLIN WALL
THE BERLIN WALL IS DOWN, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
BY A COUNTRY DIVIDED IN TWO;
THROUGH FORTY YEARS AND A MILLION TEARS
THEY SHOWED WHAT WAR CAN DO
A RACE TORN APART BY IDEALS OF MEN
WHOSE OWN AMBITION WAS CLEAR;
TO LEAD THE BLIND WHILE TRYING TO PRETEND
THAT THEIRS WAS THE RIGHT COURSE TO STEER
SHUT OUT FROM THE WORLD SURROUNDING THM
WHERE TIME IT DID STAND STILL;
DEPRIVED OF THE SIMPLEST OF ITEMS
AND CHILDREN WERE TAUGHT TO KILL
TILL FINALLY ALONE THEIR LEADERS GONE
TO BASK AMID THEIR PLUNDER;
A PEOPLE EMERGED, EVERY DAUGHTER AND SON
TO A RECEPTION LOUD AS THUNDER
“WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, WE’VE WAITED AWHILE
WE WISH YOU’D NEVER HAVE PARTED”;
THEY OPENED THEIR ARMS AND SHOWED LOVING SMILES
FOR A WAR THAT NEVER WAS STARTED
(C) 1990 BRIAN C.