Over the years, you would learn to grow a wall around you ,
So perfect, polished and poised ,
No matter how magnificent,
It would only be you inside those bricks and bones,
All that you've ever loved would be on the other side
You would tell yourself that it's the only way you could be safe
It's the only way you could keep them safe
And your sheer stubbornness to admit it's a lie would be the very straw holding it together

So slick , shiny and shimmering
No matter how glamorous
It would only hide you ; it could never...