Bard's Corner

The Wall that Finally Came Down

The wall with high and impregnable structure

Was built brick by brick over the year and

Got stronger with each passing second.

Some people tried to climb it with paltry success.

They said it needs to be brought down

To let go of isolation and explore the colossal world.

For him, they just came and go

Just like clouds who just stayed and

Went away without the much-needed precipitation.

Yet it precipitated more insecurity and fear

That this world will not accept that person cloistered

In that wall, which refused to come down.

Life and time went on like the inexorable

flow of river water, slowly and steadily.

People now say the wall surrounds

The obstinate and craven person who

Is not strong enough to face the cruel world.

But the willing prisoner only wants

Someone with whom he can be

Just the way he is without any masquerade.

One day someone came towards the wall

And touched it with her hand.

No one came so close to it ever,

Let alone touch it with an

artless care and concern.

With time, it began to stultify.

It started dismantling brick by brick

Just by the mere presence of her.

But the prisoner just stayed put,

As he refused to get out of

this restricted, vapid yet stable life.

She taught her to accept himself,

Embrace himself and at the

same time improve himself.

He realized that being an anomaly

Is not a bad thing and opening up

Is not that scary as he thought, as he

Looked towards the wall that finally came down

With an ineffable and latent joy.