Question

where there's a wall
there's a way
around, over, or through
there's a gate
maybe a ladder
a door
a sentinel who
sometimes sleeps
there are secret passwords
you can overhear
there are methods of torture
for extracting clues
to maps of underground passageways
there are zepplins
helicopters, rockets, bombs
bettering rams
armies with trumpets
whose all at once blast
shatters the foundations

where there's a wall
there are words
to whisper by a loose brick
wailing prayers to utter
special codes to tap
birds to carry messages
taped to their feet
there are letters to be written
novels even

on this side of the wall
I am standing staring at the top
lost in the clouds
I hear every sound you make
but cannot see you

I incline in the wrong direction
a voice cries faint as in a dream
from the belly
of the wall

Can somebody explain what this poem is telling us?

I think it is telling us that anything is possible during hard times.. :S

Answer 1

That's "battering ram."

Or there is a solution to every problem.

Sra

Answer 2

"battering ram"-- means that in every problem, there is a solution?

Answer 3

Battering ram means that you may have to be strong and use force to help solve the problem. But it's only one possible way to solve a specific problem.

Answer 4

If possible may i get an explanation of what it means?


on this side of the wall
I am standing staring at the top
lost in the clouds
I hear every sound you make
but cannot see you

Answer 5

To me this mens that the situation looks impossible -- the top of the wall is in the clouds. He senses the problem but cannot meet it face to face.

Answer 6

In this stanza:
where there's a wall
there are words
to whisper by a loose brick
wailing prayers to utter
special codes to tap
birds to carry messages
taped to their feet
there are letters to be written
novels even

Is it talking about God?