A/N: This time it's #067 - armour from the 100 Prompts Challenge.
water and souls
14. armour
He couldn't let
anyone else
get so close.
He'd lost
the only one
that had.
But it wasn't his choice to make
in the end. They wormed their way
past the door, past the chinks
in his armour
he couldn't fill
because they only fell apart
some more.
He couldn't let them close
because he'd lose them to
but they came anyway:
flowers that would rot,
laughter that would echo
down the corridors and then fade
with new words.
He couldn't let them close
but they'd gotten close anyway
and so, he couldn't
let them go.