These Walls

THESE WALLS
by Linda Sussman

These walls may talk
These walls may cry
Like paint peelin’ up
From the underside
Stories hidden
Within the cracks
What’ll they tell us
When we look back?

There was dancin’
In the kitchen
There was singin’
From down the hall
But kids being kids
Wouldn’t sit for an hour
Flights of fancy
Takin’ them to the stars!

[BRIDGE] Water won’t wash away my tears (4X)

A spider’s web
Designed for strength
Each woven strand
Spun of silk and lace
One ladder torn
But all the rest stayed taut
And showed the world
How hard she’d fought

[BRIDGE] Water won’t wash away my tears (4X)

These walls may talk
These walls may cry
Like paint peelin’ up
From the underside
Stories hidden
Within the cracks
What’ll they tell us
When we look back?