Walls

Walls
Cynthia Garcia 


I’m a lonely soul in a crowded world
The making of a woman but still a girl
There’s never a chorus to my song
I must be crazy, crazy or strong .
 Where do I belong ?

I belong with the wind the rain is my friend
Even though all the stars of the nights blanket
Cannot begin to wrap around my soul to make ammenze 
I try to take it in I try to mend .  

I see what is and hope for what will be 
Maybe what the two can find will make me , me .
Maybe then my wings will fly free . 
I won’t let myself fall down I will not bleed
My walls protect me they are what I need .

Some say walls don’t save lives I say walls save my cries .
I keep in all that I have left of me I cherish those walls that set me free .
Inside those walls is a heart that beats solid tears 
A heart that’s grown bigger and bigger all these years .

It is I and I will not die I stand ready to face our fears .
Little at a time my pain can yield only with those walls my shield .
I won’t let them go until my heart says so .
My heart will one day grow , then and only then will I know 
That time has come Ill take my crown.
Ill spread my wings and open my soul to everything .

Never again will I be that lonely soul that cried wolf
I am the wolf that cries for that lonely soul.
Tears will come  and go but in them I will not drown 
I am not sleeping six feet below the  ground
I am alive behind these walls 
Alive  and free .
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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