A Wall: A Reflection on Our Trip to Mexico

A wall

Thirty feet tall

Made me feel so small

As it stretched from horizon to horizon

From sea to shining sea

Stretched out in front of me

Through thick bars I could see

The land of the free and the home of the brave

And I knew immediately that it's the home that I crave

But if I climb this wall

Thirty feet tall

I break the law

Halfway to a felony

And I just want to be free

But in my way is a wall from sea to shining sea

So I cannot be free

So a pay a Coyote

HIs body ransacked by addiction

But at least when I pay him it's a guarentee

That he'll take me across, no government forms stamp'd "DENIED"

So many times I've cried

So this time I'll climb up this wall

Thirty feet tall

Though it makes me feel so small

I feel as if I have no other choice and as if I have no voice

As I drudge through the desert I feel that I'm forgotten

And I feel that I'm lost

And I feel that I'm alone

And I feel so far from home

And so far from that wall

Thirty feet tall

But since I'm this far, there's no turning back

Though there's water that I lack

And I'm dying for a drink

And I'm staring to think

That I might not make it and my last memory may be of

A wall

Thirty feet tall

Made me feel so small.