GOOD NEIGHBORS
Stone wall
Stood on the border
Of the two
Properties
Watching on
Both sides
Generations of
Families living
Out their lives
Without knowing
Existence of
Neighbors on the
Other side
Relatives visit
Friends come and go
Households grow
Leave to new
Locations
Stone wall
Begins to disintegrate
Time passes
Privacy gone
Now see
Neighbors
Do you rebuild
Stone wall
CHANCE MEETING
They were
Worlds apart
Different in
Every way
Culture, religion, food
Met at university
Same interest in
Courses
Ideas
Different environment
Background
Blended into
College life
Two worlds
Became one
More different
We are
Same we become
RECYCLING STONES
Stones
Laying on the
Ground
Different sizes
Shapes
If all the stones
Were a puzzle
Put together
In a design
Use your
Imagination
Use glue
Build a horse
Dinosaurs
Turtle
Even a pot
Filled with earth
Plant seeds
Of flowers
Blooming
Bring new life
As centuries past
Compress earth
Become pebbles
Then stones
Maybe life
Would repeat
STONE WORLDS
Stones
Hung around
Necks
Sapphires, diamonds
Rubys
Held in place
By chains
Rings on fingers
Some on toes
Show off
Wealth
On the outside
Riches of the world
Only a few
Can afford
A display
Of riches
Without meaning
But does not
Show the persons
Worth
STONE WALL
Stone wall
Divided East
And West
One side freedom
Other side Communist
Separated families
Unable to leave
Those that tried
Were shot
Few made it
A peace was
Crafted
Wall was coming
Down
Mobs scurried
Over
One woman
In full labor
Made it
Just in time
As the baby
Was born in
Freedom
Whoever is
Born in the
County
Is a naturalize citizen
Of that land
Do not send them
Away
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