A beautiful soul was laid bare before all.
Leaving every desire, every mistake, every flaw,
Exposed.

It only took one person to leave that soul broken and destroyed.
Never again will that soul fall.
Instead, it will build up walls.

Walls that will protect that once beautiful soul from hurt, from disappointment, from pain.
But the walls kept away the ones who could mend, care for, and protect the, now bitter, soul from the rain.

Burying its heart deep within, emotions became constricted.
It was in that moment, that the empty soul was convicted.

If there was any lesson it had learned that had proven to be true, it's this:
When you refuse to feel, you dismiss any chance you have to heal.

Turning around, the soul watched as the walls crumbled to the ground.
And what happened next, in my opinion, was even more profound.

The ones who had the desire to change that soul's fate had been waiting there all along.
To make that soul feel loved, accepted, giving it a place to belong.

And coming to that realization, was when the beautiful soul finally began working again to make itself whole.