My world,
Where the only one close to me
Is me.
I won't let anyone else in.
Over the walls I've built
Past my defenses
To a place
Where one person can cause
More damage
Than 100 outside those walls.

Inside these walls
Is silence
And darkness.

I want someone there with me
Who will comfort me when I'm scared
Or cold,
Or lonely.
Someone who will sit with me
In silence
And just hold me,
Not needing anything more,
Who's happy just to have me near him.

But inside these walls
Is silence
And darkness.

I can't seem to give myself
What I want
I can't let someone in
Because I'm sure
He won't stay.
He'll leave me crying
In the darkness
Staring at the broken pieces
Of these walls.
My defenses shattered.
And so I sit.

Where inside these walls
Is silence
And darkness.

And it's all mine.
Alone.

~111699~