The walls grow ever higher

there are walls in this place

they grow ever higher

and the sky is a distant speck

I don't want to leave

or my fears to get out

or my secrets to be known

or my desires to be discovered 

I don't want to let you in

or your past

or your hate or your love

or your words or meanings

I don't want the walls to exist at all

I don't want the walls to have ever existed

I want to live without prejudice

Where your past, your hate, and your love are embraced as a part of mine

And where fears, secrets, and desires aren't words that have meaning, to you or me

Where 'you' and 'me' have no place

As if our souls were friends all along