Each brick he placed made him stronger
a fortress he built around himself
But the bricks scrapped his skin
and slowly chipped him away
the pain made him mean
but happy, stronger
the walls got so high
till he could not see
he knocked others down
often by accident
often because he could
safe in his brick skin
one day
in an instant
all of the brick dissolved
leaving a scabbed shadow
in the middle of a fortress
of stares from those with bruises
I wrote a poem about a fortress once. I enjoyed this a lot. Thanks for sharing.
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