05-14-2011, 02:02 PM
I don't like the addendum "on walls" to the first stanza after your opening line, but other than that I agree with Billy, this is a powerful poem with some great images, and said opening line is a masterpiece of concise storytelling.
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe