Walls that We Build For Ourselves
Surrounded
A wall was built,
brick by brick,
inch by inch,
surrounding that which was inside.
Each brick materialized,
as a piece of strength was gained.
Each memory crushed between the bricks,
as the enemy was destroyed.
The wall hardened the once soft underbelly of my soul,
and silenced my screaming.
And all the while,
you stood by the wall,
watching it rise,
supporting it here and there,
like a human scaffold.
Your tears, mixed with mine,
as mortar for the edifice.
