Barricade. A Poem. #Prose4T
Barricade
Don’t tell too much to anyone
Don’t let your feelings show
Because what you have could come undone
If all of your feelings they know
Don’t expose yourself, leaving it open
Always hold something back
Because they can’t hurt you time and again
If knowledge is something they lack
You build up all your barricades
Don’t let anyone see
But just how long is this charade
The longer you stay with me
So hold it all back then
If that’s what you must do
But please remember me in this
Because I have feelings too
Victoria Welton 26th July 1995
The photograph and poetry complement each other so beautifully here 🙂 x
The second verse is particularly true about holding back in the hope that it keeps ‘one’ safe and from further hurt. Your poems definitely deliver the emotions you want to portray every time. #prose4T
It can be so suffocating to be in a prison of our own making, and yet it can be so painful for those trying to break down the walls too. You’ve captured it so beautifully here Vic. Thanks so much for hosting #prose4T x
It’s horrible being trapped inside those walls and scared to let a chink of light in. The photograph illuminates the subject brilliantly.