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Around Their Hearts

Made with bricks from other men.

And I see men like me

on the other side of these walls.

Trying to get in.

And the only thing that’s stopping us is them.

Is him.

And he isn’t even here.

But he left you this wall,

So guys like me can’t make it over to catch the tears.

Because they still fall.

Because it’s been over a year

and he still hasn’t called.

And you don’t know if you miss love, or him.

All you’ll know is that right now,

you could use a friend.

But the same wall that protects you from him

Keeps me out too.

Meanwhile you’re on the other side.

And you can’t remember

that last time that you made love,

Or cried.

All you know is that this wall

is what protects you from the demons.

From the liars

Who take a perfectly good woman

and set her soul on fire,

Then leave for no reason.

A woman with a wall up must learn amnesia,

Or buy a ladder

If she ever hopes to be rescued.

Because no matter how much he could love you,

He can never let you.

So, the next time you look at your wall,

See what it’s made of.

You’ll realize that the whole thing was made up.

A woman

Is only going to be as strong

As the things

She gets through.

If at every opportunity

That life gives you

To let something go,

You choose

To hold on tighter,

The only thing

You’re really hurting

Is yourself.