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The Wall Around My Heart MAG
May 13, 2009
I built it. I built it of wood,
Of excuses, of lies, of oh why's and of I'm too shy's.
I built it. I built it of bricks, of stones of hate, of it's too late's
Of they're not my friends, of plain toothless grins.
I built it. It took so long. I labored for love of the cause;
I labored for fear it would fall – but it still did.
They knocked, they banged, and they hammered away.
They rammed, they wrecked – all night and all day.
Then the wall fell. The one I worked so hard to build.
And when they knocked it down, they left a long, well-worn path through my heart.
© Megan B., Harpers Ferry, WV
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katara grace said...
on Jul. 20 2010 at 8:34 pm
this one of my favs yo (:
-daydreamer- SILVER said...
on Jun. 25 2010 at 1:17 pm
I really liked this. I like the imagery you used and just the way you wrote it, it's great!
ariwrites94 GOLD said...
on Nov. 19 2009 at 8:44 am
wonderful poem! you are a talented writer!!! keep up the jaw-dropping work :) oh yeah if you have time could you maybe read, comment, and rate my poem called "Sensitive Am I?" Thanx. :)
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