A Great Day for Freedom

    On the day the wall came down

    They threw the locks onto the ground

    And with glasses high we raised a cry for freedom had arrived

    On the day the wall came down

    The Ship of Fools had finally run aground

    Promises lit up the night like paper doves in flight

I dreamed you had left my side

                No warmth, not even pride remained

                And even though you needed me

               It was clear that I could not do a thing for you

      Now life devalues day by day

      As friends and neighbors turn away

      And there’s a change that, even with regret, cannot be  undone       

      Now frontiers shift like desert sands

      As nations wash their bloodied hands

      Of loyalty, of history, in 256 shades of gray

I woke to the sound of drums

              The music played, the morning sun streamed in

              I turned and I looked at you

              And all the bitterness & residue slipped away, slipped away