Mortar

Are we building walls

That just crumble

Is the mortar and stuff

Just not enough

To hold together

When you build

You hope

And you dream

Sometimes you build

You tear down

And then you come back again

What was built can be more

Than you ever thought before

I wish that I knew

More than I know

But I know more

Than I thought I would

Sometimes it's not how hard you work

More the thought behind it

Cry out all you want to

But it's not about that at all

Wisdom is something built

And you don't give it liberally

I can ask

If don't, how can I expect

To get more than frustration

Sometimes you build

You tear down

And then you come back again

What was built can be more

Than you ever thought before

I don't wanna hear that

At times

But there is peace

In these walls that you've built

I saw you at the corner

Of 29th and Last Week

It not all that far

From 4 streets ago

I asked you where

I could find it

You just smiled

And changed my direction

Sometimes you build

You tear down

And then you come back again

What was built can be more

Than you ever thought before

Are we building walls

That just crumble

Is the mortar and stuff

Just not enough

To hold together

I asked you

What's your name

Still smiling

You already know it

And I smiled back...

by: Drew

written: March 27, 2009

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