Wall Words

A wall 
keeps us apart

one

which I have built

unknowingly

one

whose dimensions

I cannot recall

sometimes 

I think I hear your voice

and I press 

myself

desperately 

against it

straining 

to catch a note

a tone

a cadence

I can maybe place

out in the world

I pace

I walk

I climb 

and I 

find no end

this wall is a kind of shadow

so that even 

as I turn 

and twist 

it never ceases to exist

it follows me

I think  

there must be 

something 

I'm not allowing myself

to see

I am an animal 

caged 

by my own design 

clawing 

and grasping 

and asking 

for a freedom 

I am obviously 

afraid of

what then do I do

this wall 

that I have 

fashioned 

fails me

and what I wish 

to offer 

you