Walls! Fascinating walls!
Different textures, colours, sizes
Conveying different feelings
And countless thoughts
Brick walls enclosing the lives of elites
Cemented walls protecting cozy lives
Marble walls with pearls engraved Exposing accumulated wealth saved
Mud walls with cow dung smeared
Worn out and dilapidated
Protecting tired labourers
From heat or cold or rains
Nailed walls bearing framed paintings
Hiding constructors toil and blood
Shining with ecstatic designs
Arranged by Mason’s daily wagers
But even China’s great Wall
Couldn’t save Qin dynasty fall
Berlin Wall had to crumble
Bowing to Germans will
Gramsci’s writings
Percolated through prison walls
Mandela’s struggles
Seeped through Stony walls
Like benevolent guide
Walls help infants
Stand and take a stride
With joy and confidence
Walls may stall
Movement of humans
But they cannot stop at all
Spread of thoughts and ideas
Sheshu Babu is a writer from anywhere and everywhere
