My heart

There are walls around my heart

so many layers I built for protection

safety from hurt my heart can’t avoid

for no matter what they all get in

into my heart

into my life

I welcome them each

we smile and laugh

share our affections hopes dreams

they see into my heart

know my emotion and

I let them learn hoping they stay

they don’t

they never do

and so I build more walls

with no doors or windows

no entrance

I keep wishing my walls kept them out

my heart hurts every time

still hurts years later

i hate it

my walls are a house of glass

always transparent

hoping for forever