when i don’t care

Defense mechanisms:

They build gates

Not bridges.

They burn down castles

They strip your soul of dreams.

They respond to roses

With f*ck yous.

.

Defense mechanisms:

Cannons on the wall

Slaves in the galley

Crowns on the head

Wips in the hands.

.

Chains.

They hold me fast.

I am dragged from the well

Into the sunlight

And taken to Egypt.

.

Temptation,

Flirting with my soul.