Stone by Stone, "Chicken Soup for the Teen Soul", by Rachel Bentley

I have a wall you cannot see

because it's 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 it's 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 through

i want so much to show myself

and love from you will really help

so bit by bit

chip at my wall

til 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 one's heart from years of pain

im so afraid

to let you in

i know i might get hurt again

 

i try to hard to break the wall

but seem to get nowhere at all

for stone upon each stone ive stacked

and 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 "is" the key

to breaking through the wall to me

please use each flaw

to cause a crack

to knock a stone off of 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 the flaws, no matter what

 

Stone by Stone, "Chicken Soup for the Teen Soul" by Rachel Bentley

Reviews

[Glen Yumang Manese]

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 through
i want so much to show myself
and love from you will really help
so bit by bit
chip at my wall
til stone by stone it starts to fall

I LIKED HOW THIS UNFOLD INTO SEGMENTS...THE TWO STANZA I QUOTED REALLY DISPLAY THE WHOLE READ...THE OTHER ONES COMPLIMENT AS A READER GOES THROUGH LINE BY LINE OF THIS WRITE...THE WALL WAS BUILT TO HOLD YOU IN FROM THE PAINS AND YET THE WALL IN VULNERABLE TO FLAWS JUST LIKE LIFE...IF YOU WANT TO REALLY TEST YOUR DESIRE FOR HER...YOU MUST BREAK THE FLAWS IN ORDER TO FIND HER LOVE DOES EXIST AGAIN...INTERESTINGLY PUT TO WORDS...