My neighbor labored to build a fence All walls of stone and wooden planks To separate the world from them Building row after row In haste as if their life depended on Finding where other do or do not belong
Tall and sturdy slightly dirtied The fence stood To me t’was no good It blocked the trees, it stop the leaves, And blooming branches
In their veiled vanity They blocked their view of humanity So with words a blazing With verses of poetry That had built up inside of me I sang songs of wisdom To teach them To tear down the fences And see all the beauty