Brick Barriers Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Bricks of fortitude surrounding life, keeping pain at
a distance where it can be handled and not felt.

Solitude pretending to keep out unwanted thoughts and
conversations, serendipitiously programming the life
of a fragile mind.

Surpassing emotions, short circuiting all feeling,
sewing together, some semblance to living.

Being human does not preclude the fact of certain
disillusions.

Mightily forging into parades of defiance to
strengthen inner power before it's once again
destroyed.