2. Stone By Stone


from the ABC set CAS AND CSH

I have a wall you cannot see
Because its deep inside of me
It blocks my heart on every side
And helps emotions there to hide
You cant reach in,
I cant reach out
You wonder what its all about

The wall I built that you cant see
Results from insecurity
Each time my tender heart was hurt
The scars within grew worse and worse
So stone by stone
I built a wall
Thats now so thick it will not fall

Please understand that its not you
Continue trying to break though
I want so much to show myself
And love from you will really help
So bit by bit
Chip at my wall
Till stone by stone it starts to fall

I know the process will be slow
Its never easy to let go
Of hurts and failures long ingrained
Upon ones heart from years of pain
Im so afraid
To let you in
I know I might get hurt again

I try so hard to break the wall
But seem to get no where at all
For stone upon each stone I've stacked
I've left between them not a crack
The only way
To make it fall
Is imperfections in the wall

I did the best i could to build
A perfect wall, but there are still
A few small flaws which are the key
To breaking through the wall to me
Please use each flaw
To cause a crack
To knock a stone off the stack

For just as stone by stone was laid
With every hurt and every pain,
So stone by stone the wall will break
As love replaces every ache
Please be the one
Who cares enough
To find flaws, no matter what

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Comments

skinner_jennifer | October 17, 2010 - 13:12

Hi lyssagurl_101,
very poetic, love the lines 'So stone by stone the
wall will break As love replaces every ache. A poem
of wanting and needing. Simply beautiful.
Jenny.