In A Secret World And Guarded By Walls

In a secret world her heart stands firmly behind walls that build around it daily. Deception and untruths search to break through to the foundation holding the bricks in place but she fills each crack easily as she recognizes that which would seek to get close by false means...

She gives herself in a physical way and even gives her words as clues to break through the barriers but the challenge is never whole heartedly taken. When a small crack appears in the foundation, the assumption is that it was all she wanted and the tables switch noticeably to what more she has to give... not as a gift but as payment for attention given to her...

Do not pity her, she does not accept it. Pity only adds bricks to the existing walls, validation that no one is truly interested in what rests inside...

She has so much to give but it can not be demanded. It has to be let free with the right combination of keys. Arrogance is not a key so don't try using it with her, neither is how much you want her to need you. She needs no one. She longs for and wants to share but she does not need to share...

Her walls began long before she recognized them for what they are and even those cracks in the mortar, made over the years, have been repaired to keep each wall intact....

She has given away parts of herself when she saw that the gift would be accepted as it was intended. Little pieces that she will not miss if the walls around her heart are ever brought down. In some ways those parts will be recognized not by their absence but by the way they were given...

She wears a mask that few try to look behind. With their lack of effort they will never realize what they might have been invited to share...

Inside those walls, a little flickering flame burns eternal. She does not often notice it there but it exists.

One day it will happen. One day the walls will be scaled and she will understand each brick for what it was and for each that is removed there will be a reason not to put it back...