My Walls

My walls are thick...strong...a fortress behind which I hide1

Tis where I belong...where I have always lived2

I know of no other way but to stay behind them...3

They have always served Me well and protected Me.4

Then I look...and startled...I jump at what I see. 5

Suddenly...I am not alone here...you have joined Me on this side.6

What are you doing here? Did I ask you to come here?7

I do not understand why you came over to this side of my walls8

I do not know for certain when you even got here... or how.9

I find Myself thinking about you...longing for you when...10

Tis not possible for Me to have you...even if things changed11

Even if one factor changed...there would still be the others12

If My life completely rearranged itself...and so did yours13

I am still who I am...not likely to change... and you are you.14

So here we sit...on the same side of My walls...15

Looking but not touching...yearning but not tasting...16

Sitting on our hands... and locking up our hearts from one another17

We may as well be on opposite sides of My walls...once again. 18