These Walls: Never Again

my guard was down

and you caught me

being myself

you laughed

mocked and made fun

in the very moment my mask was off

you taunted me

and i vowed

in that moment

that these walls would never come down again

guards will always be on duty

measures necessary to prove to me

security

forever conscious

ceaselessly concerned

for my own safety

what harm has been done will surely heal

i say that with zero certainty

but believe me when i say-

that these walls will never come down again

this isn't the first offense against me

in the days that have come and gone

some ten thousand voices have composed a song

a broken record that repeats itself

and as long as that song plays- my mask will stay on

never again will i sing

never again will i speak

never again will i share what i think

never again will i manifest any feeling

and these walls, will never come down again