To Those Erecting Walls

by Mike Turner / April 20th, 2025

You who would erect walls
To exclude those you find “different”
To preserve perceived privilege
To maintain what was, rather than what should be
Will find you have not raised a fortress
To hold back the tide of humanity
But rather, a prison
Wherein you will serve your sentence
With no parole
No release
No escape
Where Justice will be served
In redress for your crimes

Mike Turner, a poet/songwriter living on the U.S. Gulf Coast, was named 2025 Poet of the Year by the Alabama State Poetry Society. His poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Dissident Voice; his lyric, “Sense of Peace,” was awarded the Alabama Writers’ Cooperative’s 2023 Roger Williams Peace Award for Writing. He can be contacted at www.MikeTurnerSongwriter.com. Read other articles by Mike.

This article was posted on Sunday, April 20th, 2025 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.