Walls

Months have passed,
Years even;
I've lost all track of time.
But the walls are up,
And they won't come down,
No matter how hard we try.

They day we fell,
We fell so hard,
And slowly the walls were built.
Brick by brick,
Stone by stone,
As by the side we knelt.

Many have tried,
And many have failed,
But the defences won't come down.
They did a good job;
We're stuck fast,
But still they've not quite won.

One day we will make it,
Free ourselves from here.
They may be only bricks and mortar,
But spirit lives within.
And mark my words,
For one day the walls you
built will fail;
And that day will be your reckoning,
For we knew we would prevail.

© Emily Hay 28/10/2012