THE WALL OF GLASS

His deep green eyes are yearning

Smiling with abandon

How I long to join him there

Through the wall of glass…

His smile says, "I love you"

And I want to be beside you

I wish that I could hear him

Through the wall of glass…

Each moment there is stolen

So sweet is the forbidden

He can’t linger long or touch me

Through the wall of glass…

We hunger for lost freedom

And the passions that need filling

But we cannot even kiss here

Through the wall of glass…

So painful is the needing

So brief the times I see him

If only I could talk with him

Through the wall of glass…

Too soon he’s walking back inside

To where I cannot see him

I hate that empty courtyard

Through the wall of glass…