Sunday, October 2, 2016

The Walls Within

He put up walls
to hide his heart
his love of poetry
his love of art

He should be vulnerable
He should be real
but then his heart breaks
when he removes the seal

He doesn't know why
its so hard to cry
to let others in
to express whats within

He is really trying
but then relapses
acting stupid
like pugnacious asses

The first time
He wrote a poem
he was mocked
his heart was broken

When everything is a joke
vulnerability isn't needed
one can get by
without being heeded

Its almost a reflex
this impulse inside
to obtain cheap laughs
with stupid gaffes

Then when he's alone
he feels the pain once again
the fact that he is lonely
with no real friends

No one he truly trusts
No one to feel free
to wonder at a sunset
and explore underneath

The surface conversation
that masks what is real
and get to the truth
of how we truly feel

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