The Wall

By: K. Mulroney
05-05-2005
Copyright

It hovers before me ridged
Defiant
It's border is as tall as the
Heavens
As broad as
Time
I reach out my quivering
Hand
As if a checkerboard it
Flashes
Red and blue
Hot and cold
Love and hate
A void, a vacuity travels its
Extent
Can it be
Penetrated?
Can this fortress ever
Weaken?
As I stand before a mirror of
Self
I need to shun this
Intruder
But the void moves to
Swiftly
I can not capture the
Passage
To the other side of my
Creation
My life's work is sturdy and
Impassable
My protection has become my
Prison
This wall that surrounds me
Keeps me safe and
Alone

My Name is Kim Mulroney. I am a 48 yr. old Cad Draftsperson. I have raised five
children and Five Rottweilers. I started writing poetry when I was in grade
school, about the same time I started drawing. As with most teenagers, not all,
I delved into the darker side of poetry through high school. The "I see no end
to my teenage pain" Poetry. I have since turned the corner, as an adult and now
write all kinds. I write children's rhymes, humor, good Vs evil (the new dark
poetry for me) children's story poems and those that are down right silly, but
written to put a smile on an otherwise dull day. I write children's poems for
learning and humorous poems for adults reminding us of the crazy things we all
had in common as children. I also have a growing collection of "monster" poems.
The humorous side of monsters. I have been married for 15 years and look forward
to one hundred more!