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I Am Building Walls

Denial and Defense Mechanisms

By Shayfe ShiphrahPublished 6 years ago 1 min read
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I am sorry to disappoint you

but this,

What I am building

is not a sidewalk

This right here

My friend

Is a WALL!

I am not trying to patch things up

Neither am I here for an empathy party

My nods and hmm's

Are not to encourage you

TBH I have no idea what to say to you

I am not gonna lie that I understand you

Nope!

Not even gonna try it

Don't romanticize my structure

This is not a bridge my friend

Though it has a walk path

Like the Great Wall of China

This indeed my friend

Is a Trump Mexico wall

I have no idea on how to interpret you

So I am not sympathizing

Since I don't know what to say to you

I

Will build a wall

Behind this wall

Would be me,

Calculating and reorganizing my theories

All of which has nothing to do with you

You won't know about this wall

Because it is covered in Chameleon skin

Neither here nor there

You will never tell its true colors

Even I don't know its true colors!

For I have been doing this for too long

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Shayfe Shiphrah

I'll provide the words for the feelings you struggle to describe

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