This is Berlin,
where an ugly wall 
separated German from German
for nearly 30 years.
We all asked when this symbol of a 
divided Europe would disappear.
When the peoples of the East might see the West
without having to use binoculars
Now the wall has been breached
and the peoples enclosed behind it
have finally won some of the freedoms 
they had sought for so long,
not least the freedom to be 
reunited with their loved ones.
They have finally gained a crucial right:
freedom of movement.
The right to travel 
beyond the prison wall
that has held them in
for three decades.
Now they can go to the other side,
go to the West 
and see for themselves.
