"Walls"

The walls along which we walk

in days of innocence,

do they then have power over our

lives

in the latter days?

The bricks that growing feet of

school-bound -

home-bound -

children touched

almost every week day,

for years -

years that seemed as though they would

last eternally -

do those bricks leave lasting imprints -

or we on them?

I asked my mother

about the church

behind the low wall,

after having been informed

of the other church,

that -

yes, that is

St. Michael's Church.

You were Christened there

but, no - not Confirmed.

No, we don't go there.

Yes, your dad's side are

Quakers, but...

Stop asking questions.

"Have we ever been

to this church, Mum?"

Answer: "No, that's a Mormon church."

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