I don’t let most people in anymore.
I’ve learned my lesson from experience.

Sometimes, you let someone in and they take what they need and leave.
And sometimes, someone stays…
They stay long enough for all of your walls to come down,
Long enough for all of your scars to heal,
And then one day you wake up and they are nowhere to be found.

So, forgive me if it takes a lot for me to let you in…
Forgive me, if my walls are higher than before…
Because, I know pain…
I know it all too well…

How do I know if you won’t be like the others?
I don’t want to lower my walls,
to discover that you stole something from me while I wasn't looking.

I don’t want to wake up empty again…
I do not want to feel that pain again.

*- j.m.