In the desert stands a wall
That greets the wanderers in silence
With a promise never told
Of a new life beyond its ever-sealed door
The desert wind
Calls me by name
A whispered caress
Travels across the sand
It tells me to wait
That time I need to bend
But keeps silent the date
A move in a game of chess
It's the reason I came
To the gilded city
With a promise written in the sand
That all it will mend
They say just one man could go inside
He knocked I tried but now
I don't know what to do so
I stand against the wall
And greet other wanderers in silence
Trying to glimpse a scratch on their faith
I struggle to recall the day
I had that same smile
I wonder why they hide
The riches they've got inside
While out here hope dies
In the quest for paradise
We reach for the sky
To touch the smoke
A sign of life
I forgot how people laugh
An empty promise is not enough
My old home calls me by name
Will I face the sand
That leads back
To those ancient whispers?
My
Time
Runs on a thin thread
Hope
Dies
Revealing our demise
Now
I bid the wall farewell
Someone else
Will tell
The story of
The new citizen of heaven
In the desert stands a wall
That greets other wanderers in silence
With a promise never kept
Of a new life
