WALLS
About thirty years ago they built the Berlin Wall
Years ago it looked as if it would stay there
We have just eventually witnessed its downfall
Years later freedom fighters got their share
Now all Germans cried the wall must go1
Let it stand as a monument just for show
The despicable Berlin Wall divided Germany
Separating brothers and sisters from their chums
For it was built with the blood of many
Replaced by a system which denies all freedoms
So it was only just a matter of time
When the freedom bells would chime
The East Germans couldn't 't believe their eyes
Some bravely came for a joy ride to the West
Lifting their champagne glasses to the skies
Some thought it was another communist test
Some walked or brought their kids in cars
And freedom shone in their eyes like stars
They hacked at it with chisels and hammers
All along including Check Point Charley
The gate of that monstrosity of concrete and wires
Singing and dancing and having a party
Seeing at first hand that the propaganda were sheer lies
As the free world looked on with long tears in their eyes
But when a peaceful people have been subjected
For 28 years with an ungodly system
Where daily doses of propaganda were injected
It’s difficult not to have a problem
For they have to learn so much about democracy
And accept their newly found freedom gradually'
In South Africa too, there is a distinct wall
Called Apartheid between the blacks and the white
There it’s against the law to have a coloured pal
That wall teaches wrongly that might is right
Is also crumbling with global criticism and actions
And pressure through boycotts, protests and sanctions
In Canada also we have a wall a rather emotional one
Between the rest of Canada and the province of Quebec
The discorded Meech Lake Accord3 would need King Solomon
As some say "let them go, if they want" what the heck
Without Meech Lake the Quebeckers are threatened they want out
And the rest of Canada doesn't know what all the fuss is about
There are many, many walls all around us
Some made by barbed-wire and some are invisible
And they are put up by people whom we trus'
Who leave us emotionally and financially cripple
Some leaving you holding an empty purse
Or making you want to just swear or curse
In many a home there is a wall
Separating bitter couples so far apart
That they only wait or stall
And think of one another as a sore wart
Holding on just for the kids' sake
Hoping the other be burnt at the stake
In many houses there is a thin wall between love and hate
Where once loved ones say cruel things they never mean
Yet willing to do anything and everything to hurt their mate
But deep down wishing how better things could have been
Some of these walls sometimes got mended
Or the parties suffer when all is ended
Then there is a whole other set of walls
In many countries among the people, foes and strangers
Who have one common denominator with their pals
They push and peddle poison and kill others
They reinforced their wall with guns and thugs
Which wouldn't fall unless users say “No” to drugs
The worst of all walls is the wall of poverty
Between the haves and the never have-nots
Some countries are so poor it’s a catastrophe
Living in shelters, park-benches and branch-huts
Whilst the rich and famous refuse to show any concern
Whilst the miserable protest and wait their turn
As in the rain forests of Brazil which supply
The world's largest last source of life's oxygen
Being depleted despite the environmentalists cry
Worsened by corruption, greed of big business men
Creating a larger hole in the ozone layer
Daily making the earth hotter and hotter
This is the biggest wall facing the earth's population
Stronger than the of China this wall is deadlier
Continued polluting it would cause our own extinction
Time is running out, we have to protect the ozone layer
Doing it now is the only answer for our own benefit
Or we would die like the dinosaurs if we neglect it.
Norman Trewarie ©1999
