Up Close and Personal

    Have you ever smacked into a wall

    And been embarrassed and appalled

    Dividing your space into spaces

    It was there all along after all

                Offering passage through doorways

                Protecting from heat and from cold

                Holding up pictures and bookshelves

                Framing windows with views to behold

                Day after day we go past them
                Without giving them much of a thought

                Until we don’t watch where we're going
                then with a sharp pain we are taught

                The least we can do is avoid them

                Remembering their place in our lives
                Stay within hallways between them

                And after dark turn on a light

                They’re there for some very good reasons

                They’re not moving anytime soon

                We should keep our eyes open and heads up

                When we enter or leave any room

                If that seems quite silly and obvious

                Forget that I said anything

                Until the next time you misjudge one
                Then let me know what you think