I built my wall Brick by brick Fortified With apathy Deflection A calculated Nonchalance Guarding always This sensitive Quivering, helpless Beating ***** In my chest While there Behind the fortress The stone and mortar Beneath the armor Of iron and steel I wait in silence Breath suspended Frozen in terror Of intrusion Attack Conquest Huddled in my corner Behind those walls I hid, secure Safe, protected Or so I believed But there, so small Almost invisible A crack, a ***** A weakened spot You saw, you slid Right through the gap So smoothly Quick In the dead of night Before I had Even the chance To sound the alarm There you were Inside My heart