Old boards, old doors, old gates and walls
I wonder what lies dormant in your past
To what sights and sounds did you bear witness
What pain and suffering, what dance and song
Whose prayers for deliverance did you hear
What songs of praise or lament
And now I pass by wondering
Where are the souls who lived within
Who mourned their passing
And who left these crumbling walls
To make lives and journeys new
Who laid down with wounds to great to bear
And I walk by in silence
Are there lessons to be learned
Are their gaping wounds waiting for forgiveness
Longing for a healing
Crying out for mercy and for grace
Whispered prayers clinging to these sad walls
Is there a chance we can redeem the past
Is there hope that can be pulled
From these old boards and doors
Or are we fated to repeat the sins
Of our fathers, who walked away
Never looking back
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