By Victoria M. Noxon

Strongly built to protect it all,

Against a force that beckons to call.

Behind this wall, it's easy to live.

No more to get with less to give.

In one instant, the flood rages in

Attacking that wall, wearing it thin.

The onslaught becomes too much to bear.

Unstopable, without warning, no time to prepare.

Pain flashes through the heart and soul,

Destroying what was once thought whole.

Sooner or later, the walls crumble and break,

Creating inside an unbearable ache.

All at once, never in small measures,

Memories invade of all past treasures.

No longer mine, they belong to another.

Why would I care? Why even bother?

Although the pain is less than before,

I beg to be saved from bearing it more.  

I reach for the concrete and mortar of my mind.

In hopes to leave those memories behind.

Hastily rebuilding that wall of protection.

Each block in place, no room for rejection.

Built from tears and not from blood

Safe again from memories flash flood.