Poetry Tuesday: Brick by Brick

You don't have to let someone in

for them to break your heart

When your heart is barricaded,

there is some way in,

some way to crack it

some way to break it.

The pain

the sadness

the hurt

the harm

you don't have to let someone in

for them to break your heart

The harder you care,

the harder they hurt

the harder ... you fall.

You don't have to let someone in

for them to break your heart.

The lies

the truths

the hurt

the harm

You don't have to let someone in

for them to break your heart.

Hate comes from love

pain comes from love

you don't have to let someone in

for them to break your heart

The walls are up,

brick by brick.

broken only by the sledgehammer ...

better yet ... a wrecking ball.