challenge and response

those are the boundaries we may not cross
a world lies out there we're not to know
we aren't supposed to see it as a loss

this comes without a comment or a gloss
we have to take it as a simple blow
those are the boundaries we may not cross

the symbol is no more than a vague floss
you have no reason to laugh nor to crow
we aren't supposed to see it as a loss

water will fall into the ditch or fosse
we won't expect to see a healthy glow
those are the boundaries we may not cross

on the old wall we watch for new green moss
and for the lichens that on stone will grow
we aren't supposed to see it as a loss

you think that virtue means you are the boss
and every change must come to us quite slow
those are the boundaries we may not cross
we aren't supposed to see it as a loss