Walls | Teen Ink

Walls

July 14, 2009
By AaronMitchell GOLD, Picayune, Mississippi
AaronMitchell GOLD, Picayune, Mississippi
10 articles 0 photos 8 comments

These walls will fall
They shall not hold me anymore
For too long have I hidden behind these stone fortresses
My heart quivers as I rip stone from stone in my quest for freedom
I built these walls out of my blood, spirit, and tears
But I now seek a new refuge that shall not capture me within
The walls have fallen
Now what do I do?
I remember now the reasons I built these walls that lay at my feet
The road is straight that leads from this barren wasteland
I follow it, tears soaking the ground as I begin a new journey
I mourn the stones that have crumbled behind me.
But in haste do I move on to new things and new places.

The author's comments:
I wrote this at a time in my life when I was tired of hiding, tired of turning my back on the world. So I broke down the walls I built and went out into the world to see what my journey had in store for me.

Similar Articles

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 3 comments.


on Jun. 16 2010 at 11:28 am
real_as_can_be101 PLATINUM, Mustang, Oklahoma
23 articles 0 photos 36 comments

Favorite Quote:
You can love and hate, but which is more irrate? -unknown

i think it's writing like this that puts words into peoples mouths when they don't know how to express what they want to say

on Jun. 14 2010 at 2:53 pm
celloizmylife PLATINUM, Atlanta, Georgia
27 articles 0 photos 72 comments

Favorite Quote:
Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long.
We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious.....And curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
-Walt Disney

Oh, and a comment would be much appreciated. I don't get any insight when people just read my poems, and don't tell me what they thought.

on Jun. 14 2010 at 2:52 pm
celloizmylife PLATINUM, Atlanta, Georgia
27 articles 0 photos 72 comments

Favorite Quote:
Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long.
We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious.....And curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
-Walt Disney

All your poems are so amazing and you're really being yourself in your writing. Would you please do me the honor of reading my poems, oh wise one?