Walls

A soft ballad
welcomes warm feelings;
dejected memories
flood a river of dreams.

Rising voices
gather the songs of ghosts,
bring forgotten emotions
and elusive spirits
alive with vengeance.

Fear overpowers all
words of courage,
but flimsy walls
set up only to fall
provide the comfort of boundaries.

The last melodic note
rings heavy with
absolute, vivid truths,
and the songs of yesterday
are but cardboard walls
guarding against the future.