passing stranger

i was doing fine

i was doing splendid

i built up these walls right high

and i was safe in my castle'd heart

of stone and mortar and memories.

somehow you snuck in

through some crack or flaw 

i had not sealed up right

ran rampant through the ramparts

planted new seeds and tore up other starts

cut down the trees and built me some fences.

left me defenseless,

drawbridge down i offered

my queen, my heart, all i had to offer

asked for nothing

got nothing in return

you left me wide open

my hall is empty.

comfortable and secure

Spartan in my needs and desires

now I see my weakness

I see my loneliness 

even if it is solitude 

I choose.

Safer to be alone

Safer to be aloof

an Island always

inaccessible.

glittering safely away from the hands of Men.