Chapter 180

No One Knows Why

Everyone builds walls
The walls we hide behind
The walls keep others out
The walls also keep us confined

As we protect ourselves from others
We remain unable to protect
Ourselves from ourselves
Causing ourselves much neglect

The trepidation of rejection
Is what screams the loudest
In abject fear we tremble
Of whom we once were proudest

As our hidden hearts swell
Our emotions linger and dwell
Cracks erupt in our weakened shell
Nothing can make the tears dispel

What is almost as sad
As the things that make us cry
Is that if they ever did notice
No one knows why

Nobody