Tonight, I Am Fragile.....

I feel as though I am made
Of the thinnest glass
Stretched and pulled…
So thin.
That the slightest breeze could break me
If it were not for the great wall
That I have built to protect me.
Strong is my wall.
Tempests can surge
Gales can rage
But
I
Am
Safe.

Safely hidden in this wall I’ve built
For myself.
A thousand arrows may fly
Spit from the mouths of friend and foe alike....
But they cannot touch me in my refuge.
I
Am
Safe.

The wolves may surround...
Their howls that chill my blood
And nerve.
But they are thwarted by my bower.
No one
Can touch
Me.

But then I think of you.
Of what we shared. Of who you are.
And I shed a tear... inside my fortress.
As it falls, that single tear
It breaks me….
And I
Collapse
Into dust…..