i built these walls

-i put up these-

stony castle walls

-bound by-

pearly white mortar

-i stacked my bricks high-

all around my heart

-until they loomed over my head-

with no sky in sight

-and you-

broke them down

-as if they were-

nothing but eggshells

-watching them-

crumble to dust

-beaneath your-

blood-covered fingertips

they were there for a reason.

(was it to keep you out

or to keep me in?)