Parades Of Defiance Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

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

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

Surpassing emotions, short circuiting all feelings, sew-
ing together some semblance of living, but being human
does not preclude facts of certain disillusionments.

Mightily forging into parades of defiance to strengthen
one's inner power before it's once again destroyed with
the dawning of a new day.