The Tainted Wall

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Scraped out paint, 

Sketches and pencil drawings, 

Chipped out cement,  

In the midst of all -

A warrior’s silhouette…

A simple wall,

Passers-by barely glancing, 

And yet, it holds a million stories,

Stories of those nobodys…

Unnamed men, women & children, 

Traces of their existence

Guarded by the warrior’s silhouette

And the tainted wall…

- Shafika