Walls

Brick by brick

We built walls that

Shut me in and

Shut you out

Till all we could hear

Were echoes of

Our own distraught voices...

Depleted of sunshine

Torn in the storm

The glorious past

Dwindled into

impalpable ruins.

It was over

Till we let the walls down

Hugged, and swore

Life can grow

from the ashes.