The Wall

The wall stood.
Dark. Tall. Menacing.
Like the towering figure of her father.
Solid. Impenetrable. Unmovable.
Like the norms of society.
Rigid. Intolerant. Uncompromising.

Alisa stood. The wall ahead. The car on the other side.

One step. Just one step, the voice urged, at its encouraging best.

One step, Alisa thought.

The car to freedom stood nearby.

But the wall. The wall in between.

Ever-present. Ominous. Towering.

Romeo. Juliet.
Romeo. The wall. Juliet.

Unsavoury bone in the soup.

Iqbal. Alisa.
Iqbal. John. Alisa.

Unsavoury bone in the soup.

The wall. John.
The wall. Her father.
The wall. His ego…

The car. The car to freedom.
The way to Iqbal.
Dreams. Utopia. Iqbal.

The car. The car to freedom
The road to destiny.
The way to her dreams.

Car. Dreams. Iqbal.
Alisa weds Iqbal.
The car without petrol.

A haze. Dreams broken. Shards.
Sharpened edges. Screeching brakes.
Cut finger.

The union that would never be.
Children that would never see the day.

For there it was. The wall.
Tall. As it had always been.
Unrelenting.
Unyielding. As it stands today
And will always be…

Dreams.
Hopes.
Desires.

Nightmares.
Despair.
And despaired.

Alisa. The passenger.
Iqbal. The destiny.

The car.
The car.
The means.

But again. There it was.
Like always.

Dark. Tall. Towering.

The wall.
The barrier.
The end.

Reviews

[Amila Jay]

Cool:)

[Vinod Kumar U K]

Beautiful Archive...Good and Impressive theme selection

[Jeremy Baker]

Superb images and descriptions.

[Coyote Poetry]

A poem filled with desire, desperation and no way to escape. A powerful poem. I could feel the fear and the hope fading. Thank you for a excellent poem.
Coyote

[Ripple of Aqua]

Dark and enchanting. Like a black ribbon slowly finding it's way through the wind. Swift and graceful

[Jupiter Jazz]

Interesting

[Teri B]

A darkly poignant poem. The sense of powerlessness and hopelessness is made all the more potent by the short, almost staccato rhythm of the lines.

[Beautifully Tragic xPoe..]

Sad and romanticly dark. Great write!

[realmwriter]

Just blow the wall down or scale it but alas there it stands. hard to get past such a waighty object though it can be done...! Very good write, I like all the little metaphores and the meaning is spot on...!