Walls

Walls.
Everyone has them
builds them
fortifies them
and hides behind them.
But every so often
you meet someone,
and a certain someone,
and you let your walls thin,
and thin,
and maybe shorten a little.
But then there are those
who don't wait
and simply leap over the wall,
and tear it down from the inside out.
We weren't made to live with walls.
So why do we
have them
build them
fortify them
and hide behind them?
We think it's for safety.
To protect ourselves
from getting hurt.
But we end up
locking ourselves
in our own miserable prison.

So what about when
you know you shouldn't live with
walls
but walls are all you know?

Worse yet,
what about when you
might know
more than just walls in your life,
maybe you've experienced
the freedom
the liberty
of living without walls
at a certain
point
in time -
- but upon being hurt,
walls rebuild themselves
without any effort on
your part.
Then you realize
they are there,
but you lack
any desire
to tear them down.
What then?


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