THE WALL WOULD PEOPLE CARE IF I WEREN'T AROUND? OR WOULD THEY LIVE AS IF IT DIDN'T MATTER? DO I MAKE A DIFFERENCE BY BEING HERE? DOES ANYONE EVEN CARE? WOULD ANYONE MISS ME IF I WENT AWAY? IS THERE ANY REASON FOR ME TO STAY? LIVING IN THE SHADOWS OF HOPES AND DREAM ALWAYS THINKING, WONDERING WHAT DOES LIFE MEAN? BEHIND THE WALL A MAN SITS IN SILENCE THINKING HOW LIFE SHOULD BE FILLED WITH HAPPINESS AND LOVE BUT THESE WORDS FOREIGN TO HIS EAR LIVING HIS LIFE ONE DAY AS IT COMES WISHING THAT HE COULD BE "SOMEONES" BUT STILL ALL THE WHILE SITTING IN THE DARKNESS BEHIND THE WALL A SHAFT OF LIGHT COMES PEIRCING IN AND BEING FRIGHTENED HE LOOKS AWAY THE SHAFT OF LIGHT REST UPON HIM HE SLOWLY GETS UP AND WALKS AWAY THE CHANCE OF LOVE AND LIFE UNWANTED BECAUSE OF THE UNKNOWN A NEEDED FEELING UNFELT A LOVE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SHOWN SOFTLY HE HEARS A TAP ON THE DOOR AND OPENS IT A SLIVER SO HE CAN SEE COMES THE BRIGHT LIGHT SHINING IN OF A LOVE HE COULDN'T FEEL THE SIGHT OF A YOUNG LADY CATCHES HIS EYE AS SHE ASKS TO BE LET IN HE DOESN'T REALIZE SHE HAS HER FOOT IN THE DOOR BUT FIGURES WITH THIS HE CAN NOT WIN HE CAUTIOUSLY OPENS THE DOOR AND SHE SLOWLY WALKS IN WITH THE LOVE THAT'S BEEN ABSENT FOR SO LONG LITTLE BY LITTLE SHE HELPS HIM BREAK DOWN THE WALL AND FINDS HIS HEART FULL OF SONG NO LONGER LIVING IN DARKNESS BEHIND THE WALL NOW HIS LIFE IS FILLED WITH LOVE AND LIGHT BECAUSE ONE LADY DARED TAP ON THE DOOR TO TRY TO SEE WHATS INSIDE UNEXPECTED WHAT THEY FOUND BEHIND THE WALL OF THE OTHER BUT SO GLAD THE FEELING THEY SHARE WITH ONE ANOTHER BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP AND A WALL ONLY SO HIGH NEVER JUDGE A PERSON ON THE OUTSIDE TILL YOU KNOW WHAT'S INSIDE BY David Burkey � 1993 |
