#barriers
There was a time when I didn't know you were mine
I walked a fine line in the other direction
And with one misstep of imperfection
I walked right into your arms not guessing how the rest went
And now that I know it was a hard road to go
I'd still make that choice and I'd want you to know
I feel like you helped me be the best version of me
I know the boulders that stood in our way
I love you anyway
Hours turned to years and we were always faced with a different conflict and high stakes
We had to make choices
We had to grow up fast
We didn't have time to ponder the present
We just had to act
And now that I know it was a hard road to go
I'd still make that choice and I'd want you to know
I feel like you helped me be the best version of me
I know the boulders that stood in our way
I love you anyway
Things didn't slow down until memories were lost
The foundation was cracked and we stood on a pillar
We had to start over but there was no beaten path
We looked at each other and stepped into the fog
And now that I know if was a hard road to go
I'd still make that choice and I'd want you to know
I feel like you helped me be the best version of me
I know the boulders that stood in our way
I love you anyway
Feb 8
Feb 8, 2026 at 11:57 AM UTC
Life is disjointed in space and time
Most virile when most foolish
Wisdom acquired only in hindsight
Inapplicable to ignorance past
And to shape destiny now revealed
And souls kindred but alas in flesh
Separated by distances and ages
And barriers natural and unnatural
Yet Spirit mocks not nor is futility
For surely Life's flaws but apparent
As a shard or fragment betrays a whole
A whisper of what once was, or to be
The anguish of unbeing but a promise
Of wholeness far beyond that glimpsed
But that glimpsed suffices for faith
Or for rebels to strive with hands
For earth and flesh is all there is
And two unfitting fragments joined
Soothes all brokenness' forlornness
And to forget disjointedness' promise
Jun 3, 2025
Jun 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM UTC
Sewing my lips shut,
already knowing
I don't even have a tongue.
Still,
couldn't stop the talk
how to wage war,
how to defend the wreckage
of my own barriers.
How to tell them —
keep working,
just don't drag me back here.
I'm defenseless.
Mother of the tears.
Apr 29, 2025
Apr 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM UTC
While walking through a warm afternoon
that suddenly turned from bright to dim,
with blazing clouds that began to loom
and shadows grew deeper and light was thin:
My way ahead was unexpectedly barred
by an iron gate, its lock snapped shut.
It’s topped by spikes well made to ward
off hurdlers, sharpened, made to deeply cut.
Past the gatehouse, a tunnel, a fallen shelter
from the rapidly coming hard rainfall
that once was sung about by a jester
in time with a tambourine, as I recall.
It leads to a light that’s still ablaze
where sunbeams’ sheen still sparkles bright,
beckoning us all to pass this gate
that looks at first glance a menacing might.
To stay before this wrought iron fence,
its spikes tipped with red poison that drips
into the soil that’s in cracked distress?
I won’t just wait here in the dawning eclipse.
No lock is unpickable, no wall too high
for those with the will to reach new skies.
Feb 6, 2025
Feb 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM UTC
Step by step. O Woman, the Guardian Angel of my heart
I would follow you to the road of happiness
I would make enormous sacrifices to join your path
I implore you to have absolutely no doubt
I’ll find you because I love you so much, I love you
I won't care about all varieties of problems
Remember the beautiful song by Alain Barrière
I will cross borders and break down barriers
To exhume you, cherish you and love you more
As was done throughout the ages
Until you come back to me, until you ultimately come back
You and I will never, never have peace
Step by step, bit by bit, little or big step
You and I will be together under a new roof.
Despite the tides, winds and hurricanes: I love you
And I shall neither scream and nor shout that I love you.
Woman, woman of my heart, if you did not come back
Step by step, I would search the encyclopedias of secrets
To find the door to your heart and the key to your soul
I will bravely cross all borders. O Woman!
Woman of my being, I am ready to be criticized
Castigated, censored, cannonaded, even crucified and nailed
As was done throughout the ages
To resurrect love and love you more
I exhort you to nourish no, no doubt
Since you will be alone on my path, on my road.
Until you come back to me, until you ultimately come back
You and I will never, never have peace
Step by step, bit by bit, small or giant step
You and I shall carry the same cross together.
Despite rain, wind and thunder: I love you
And I shall chuckle, laugh, and smile because I love you.
P.S. Tribute to Alain Bellec (Barrière), a great singer and poet.
Translation of my poem‘ Si tu ne me revenais’.
Copyright © December 2004, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved
Hébert Logerie is the author of several books of poetry.
Dec 22, 2024
Dec 22, 2024 at 8:46 PM UTC
Like house siding I stack the facade till a barrier grows
It adds curb appeal and social value I suppose
But for me it's a false face to hide the lows
Getting me through this reality that blows
A life time of running into doors with a sign reading "sorry we're closed"
Hanging next to the mandatory posted notice of demolition proposed
©2024
Jun 27, 2024
Jun 27, 2024 at 11:35 AM UTC
warriors did not build
there barriers to be broken
made with a brave stone
no push could penetrate
were an army of 86
to pull its length,
its fall would cause eruptions.
the land would be calm
never to experience destruction
where did they come from?
why do they build blocks?
how does an army dare
to divide the great wall?
Jan 9, 2022
Jan 9, 2022 at 11:43 PM UTC
i am on a disk
and the pale, blue dot
is paler than ever before
above me
is more blue
a simulated sky
and a basin we've come to call
our shores
uncoupled
untethered and undeterred
there's a tree in my yard
whose roots reach
the barriers of our world
they long to touch
that void
that would see the waves
we tide
frozen still
Apr 5, 2021
Apr 5, 2021 at 2:13 PM UTC
A stranger amid a room of familiars stumbles upon her in the path,
She resonates with life on a continuum,
As he beats freely to a vibration he strums,
Acquainted by unprecedented occurrences they muddle among the mix,
Gaining comfort and solace in the energy exchanged.
A union of continuous vibrations orchestrate their story unfolding,
Painting glories and wonders defying logic and time,
In colors unseen and promises refined,
All to abruptly halt steadfast and still,
This departure creates distance and barriers afoul,
Sentenced as strangers staggering aside to tread their own courses, Echoing of an ache still.
Mar 11, 2021
Mar 11, 2021 at 11:49 AM UTC
I ask the people of the world
Why must we keep boxes of
each race, barricades in each
Borders, separate lives of each
Cultures, as our truth varries in
each mirrored choices, then we
Carry the havy consequences,
The burden of these shackled
Past - we ponder to wonder
These nightmarish Regrets
So in the end, the answer is
Subjective, rules and walls
Are there for a reasonable
Purpose
It maybe
good or bad
Light or dark
Day or night
An infinite battle
Running in circles
to maintain
chaos and order
in one box.
Dec 1, 2020
Dec 1, 2020 at 11:18 PM UTC
I look at your fences
and your flimsy nests.
The wind comes in and breaks them.
You rebuild, the bear comes in and breaks them.
Yet you still rebuild.
Dec 1, 2020
Dec 1, 2020 at 12:05 PM UTC
I have something to show you
A piece of perspective
You, otherwise, would never know
See, through my eyes it went but
From yours it goes and
Words can only get us so far so
We just make more up as we go
I've never felt quite like this before
How would you put it? Um
When understanding looks like a chasm so vast that
Alexandria could be cast down to the firey pits of Mankinds worst shortcomings...
The sad fact is that
We can imagine anything except what it's like to walk in the skin of another.
Sep 9, 2020
Sep 9, 2020 at 7:34 PM UTC
Only you could have loved me so
So deeply
So fully
Waiting patiently
For me to cross the barriers between us
Until I realized, I was always yours
Jul 23, 2020
Jul 23, 2020 at 8:55 AM UTC
The love effect
Open your arms
And with no fear
Give that person a hug
And tell them you appreciate them
Even if they don't reciprocate
Weaken the cement in your self made wall
Breakdown your stubborn barriers
Love breads love
That person somehow, somewhere deep down
Will feel a little joy from your gesture
They might manifest this joy
And give that same gesture to someone else
And thus it continues
Love spreads love
Your love may not be returned
from the one to which you gave
But the giving of unconditional love
will attract love back to you in ways
you won't believe
Overcome the awkwardness
Overcome the fear of rejection
And give out love
So go ahead
Tell that person that you love them or appreciate them
or you're grateful for them,
or all three
and more......
And wait as the ripple effect takes place
And waves of love will eventually be returned to you.
Love is magic
It breaks down barriers
It heals scars and wounds
It can end all feuds
You can be a part of this today
Open your arms
And with no fear
Give that person a hug.....
May 27, 2020
May 27, 2020 at 6:13 AM UTC
It feels like particles are peeling apart
Connecting
Separating as they please
There is undeniable space growing in my heart
Observable to who peeks and sees
Fate to blame I have no doubt
Touching tears that won't mend
Beneath skin circuits start to short-out
Barriers between emotions blur and blend
Real is rare so bare all imperfections
Fake the majority of what others share
Everywhere I go is overdissection
Judgement is blatantly unfair
Which only adds to distress
Taken without one sound
Cork up inconvenient emotions unless
They overflow
Then I'm drowned
You cannot imagine what it's like
Kills self-esteem to reflect
Each time negativity strikes
Is impossible to correct
Bottle after bottle emerges emptied
Sink in a sea of distraction
Forever smoky air will not recede
Chilly dreams prevent satisfaction
None of our dreams visible anymore
What are we doing wrong?
Many bad decisions
Too many to ignore
I guess failure's where we belong
We will never be proud living like this
We are in darkness's constant shadow
Sins overtake any chance we have at bliss
Dragging troubles in tow
Trust we will be able to grow
Takes years to heal wounds deep
Bridges over teardrops that flow
Seconds wasted we could not keep
To conclude
Retain a sliver of hope
Though happiness may be lost
I build and maintain ways to cope
Stay warm amidst the permanent frost
Apr 24, 2020
Apr 24, 2020 at 7:31 PM UTC
I met her above the hill as a boy
far away from the Reality
I thought it would be easy
I thought it would be simple
but not the society /
And it went on ,days were
passing like a
brook into the far woods
She was like that story book
I loved to read
loved to flip her pages even
when
I used to sleep //
she was like that baby whom I
like a mother
loved to cuddle even after
hundred sleepless nights
But did the society?
One day she said she belonged to
a different faith,
though I never read it on her
face,
I never learnt it
when we gossipped
possibly it was our fate
may be we were not for each
other mate !
till that date we have never met
till that day every moment I hardly
spent
God never made the barriers,
we did
God never created religions
Society did //
If I get those days back again.
and I wish
I was not that high school lil Jack,
I promise I wanna ask myself
why did not you say anything at
her face?
why did I accept that as
my fate !
I want to know are you happy
are you ok with all those
prejudices,
with all those myths and.
blatant lies,
that has nothing to do with us
my friend //
Then I realized its not that simple
because you and I , we all belong to
this Cruel society
where still some mugs live/
with their long straucht arms
to condemn you and me,
to outcast my you and your me
Still I want to ask you dear
why could not you dare to ask
if not them atleast to me
it was really you or your me
that asked me to leave ? maybe
its the differences that told us to
apart or its the society who
played her tricks,
to safeguard her status-quo and
age-old bricks //
I wish We had been born
as adam and Eve,
I hope we were born in that
society,
where hardly any differences
exist
this mismatch is nothing only the
icebergs' tip
differences are more than
that we could ever think
God has not set the barriers we did,
you and I did //
Apr 23, 2020
Apr 23, 2020 at 1:44 AM UTC
If my journey was to be easy,
I would've missed valuable lessons
Cause for sure each turn in it
answers my questions!
If it wasn't for a scratch
I would've never learn
to climb a tree
If it wasn't for a sting
I would've never know
How to dodge a bumblebee
If there weren't any dark nights
I would've never know
How to make a fire
The fire which helped me
Passing muck and mire
If it wasn't for the thunders and rain
the sunlight and rainbows
I could've never obtain!
If it wasn't for the wild waves
Wet, the sand would never be
And won't allow me to make a sand castle
And rule it like its queen!
Apr 16, 2020
Apr 16, 2020 at 8:10 AM UTC
It’s about your inflexion
and how you deal with rejection
how you go straight to deflection
cause you never learned about confession
only perfection by selection
since you refuse all objection
like you need to have protection
like you can’t allow inspection
Mar 7, 2020
Mar 7, 2020 at 5:00 PM UTC
The curtain,
the veil, the barrier, the obstruction
whatever you want to call it
that distance between you and the rest of the world
the no-mans land between borders
the space in time between receipt of input
and your output
where all the frantic calculations are made
where all the possibilities and ramifications are considered
before blurting out something misjudged
more thought doesn't always lead to a better outcome
you can overdo it
Dec 9, 2019
Dec 9, 2019 at 11:00 AM UTC
I set my sight far on China
abacus counting; without confusion
But they're mostly short sighted
and that's no delusion
Heard about the Hong Kong march
but didn't recall till I'd seen what I saw
So I did what I did, now I understood
what I could, with Confucius
Never take a pen to a pig
nor your litter to the swine
for one, H one N one
Can I get myself the Canadian kind?
Import... extort, not for the canola
nor the coals down under
If I'm selling what I stole from selling Inuit
like the forty thieves and Ali's plunder
How many men can stand as tall
without writing Graffiti on the Great Wall
that they built, that's psychopathic
for the people, by the people, the Great Republic
Nov 30, 2019
Nov 30, 2019 at 2:20 AM UTC
singing** You just called me, "Beautiful."
Now you've got to be mine foreverrr.... (2x)
--repeats in background for duration of poem--
You just called me--
I hate that it's so easy.
Now you've gotta be mine foreh--I hate that its so easy to please me
when you say things
that makes me think that you see me
as who I want to be
and the way you say it,
it -it touches me
I'm naive
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I want to believe
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-You just called me...
I want to trust you
I want to believe your intentions are true
and its not me in a fantasy
but its you just
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being you
you just called me beautiful
All you did was call me, "beautiful."
but your words spoke to my soul
cause I know you know things about me that I don't like to show
and I think you've dug something up in me
that was unknown
and odd
and free
and foreign
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now you've gotta be mine foreh--
and willing.
and unencumbered
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You see? Now you've gotta be mine
cause I'm too fragile
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I'm too exposed
you can't break into my heart
and unlock all these doors
that've been guardin who knows?
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no, this is a two person job
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you shoulda watched how you talked.
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and now you're mine.
you gotta be mine.
you gotta be mine.
you gotta be mine. repeats till fades out
Jul 30, 2019
Jul 30, 2019 at 10:32 PM UTC
we really liked each other huh
though we never said it out loud
we kept that thought to ourselves
we learned through our actions
subtle but powerful, we knew.
the irony of one to love the polar opposite.
of course you were uncertain.
you cant mix the + and - of a battery and just
jam it in thinking it will work
maybe thats why you never confessed.
if life ever decided not to give happy endings,
the moments we've shared together
taught me that also love has barriers
of what was something that couldve been a happy ending
if love and religion disagrees
this is the paradox of you and me
May 31, 2019
May 31, 2019 at 10:27 PM UTC