Stubborn Wall

written for creative poetry group using a quote that is post in the authors notes below

The wall is harsh

Unmoving

Unforgiving

As each thump echoes

Across the room

Tiny droplets of blood

Trickle

Drip

Down the forehead

with scarlet direction

Refusing to budge

Thump 

Thump

is the only sound

Heard from this being

Concrete is stubborn

Strong

Still

With no emotions

to get in its way

No amount of force

Will move

Will crumble

the structure that stands

With crafted pride

Stubbornness holds tight

Gripping

Squeezing

Until flesh is damaged

With gritty pieces embedded

Is being right worth the headache

Pounding

Aching

Inside the head 

Forcefully growing

Let go and move freely

Loving

Understanding

The difference in opinion

Destroying self implosion 

Author's Note

"...there is a difference between being convinced and being stubborn. I'm not certain what the difference is, but I do know that if you butt your head against a stone wall long enough, at some point you realize the wall is stone and that your head is flesh and blood." Maya Angelou

Reviews

[Liza]

thought provoking and very insightful; a great piece to be inspired to write and share for others to reflect on - thank you for sharing. Walls can be our pride, the very thing that enables us to gain self respect but the same walls can fall on us when our confidence becomes arrogance.

[Layla J Omorose]

Good poem. I got a feeling of confinement from reading this poem and the need to get past the wall some kind of way. Like the wall was the force holding something back and what ever it was it was something that was needed. Good job

[Mauricio Montoya]

we sometimes put up are own walls.
Great job well done.

[MS. BABy]

awesome piece...i am saving this....

[Time.]

I love your style of writing! this piece was amazing as alwayss!!

[SpokenWord]

Everything you express has it's truths and like all things there needs to be a balance for there is time to be free and a time to have walls, a time to be flexible and a time to be stubborn. When it comes to my goals I am stubborn a wall that rarely backs down but in other areas I am total free and lack the structure a wall provides, the focus and determination to just get it done. I feel your poem speaks more from the having balance and not being so stubborn or stuck behind a wall of protection. Great insight and thoughtful write.

[Jeremy Baker]

There is wisdom in these words .. and they are beautifully expressed.

[Jibey]

Point well made... sometimes we can win the argument and lose the person... but we are often slow to learn.. Here you teach us well...:-)

[Tina Kline]

Very gritty and insightful. Excellent description of being stubborn and how useless it is go keep hitting one's head against a brick wall but the really stubborn one's won't give up. Maybe they hope to move or put a nice hole in the wall. Excellent write!

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hitting the head off a brick wall..springs to mind..well written

[Enigma]

Wonderful. Fits perfectly wht your chosen quote. Sometimes, its really diffiuclt to make the difference between persistence and stubborn-ness. We should try to realize that a drill or a bomb would be more useful to break through a wall than our fragile heads. :)
Well written.