Walled Freedom

I would have loved you more

Eclipsed any romance in folklore.

But on a wall is freedom written.

I would have happily grabbed a placard

And swaggered it through a protest hard.

But on a wall is freedom written.

I would have blabbered about progress 

Meticulously drafted a beautiful mess.

But on a wall is freedom written.

I would have advocated a pogrom

While greeting everyone with a Salam.

But on a wall is freedom written.

I would have shed the thorns of hate

Transformed my careless sorry state

But on a wall is freedom written.

I would have surrendered thirst for blood

Yielded the exacting power of thud.

But on a wall is freedom written.

I would have…

Alas! on a wall is freedom written.