She Builds A Wall

She builds a wall
A wall so high
No one can climb and
No one can see through
This wall has barb wire and chicken fencing around the outside
And where is the door? You might ask.
Well she didn't forget it
She just didn't build one there
She figures hell
If no one can get in
And I can't get out
Then I can't get hurt
Right?
Where is this wall you might ask?
In some foreign land
Filled with wild trees and fruit on the veins?
Is it in the forest with the wolves and the
Panthers passing by?
No
It’s around the heart,
If you have a wall around it then no one can break it
Right?
If you don't wear it on your sleeve
Or out in the open where every one can see
Then the bruises won't show
And the tears
They don't flow
Right?
And no one can see her pain
Right?
She says
"I’ll become the ice queen
And then they'll see
That no one not even I
Can hurt me."
But in time
she'll become only lonely
no friends
no enemies
save herself
No you
And no me
Just her
And her wall
(Monday, September 24, 2001)