Mary E. Rogers

FREE AT LAST

The walls were built from heartaches
Each brick was formed from pain
Intruders tried to scale the wall
But quickly they were slain

Sentenced to solitary confinement
My heart would forever be
No one would enter to open the wounds
That were buried where none could see

I didn’t notice the tiny light
As a brick slid out of place
A gentle touch seeped through the crack
I felt your warm embrace

I hesitantly returned your love
Then quickly rebuilt the wall
I hid amongst the shadows
I tried not to answer your call

Only now within my prison
Were the memories of your touch
I could not seal my heart again
I longed for you so much

Again the brick slid out of place
My mind told me to run
I ask myself should I go or stay
In the end my lonely heart won

The self made walls were crumbling
I could not build them anew
My heart again was open
And I knew that I loved you

There were times I tried to go back
To build that prison again
My mind told me to build them fast
But my efforts were in vain

Your love was a light in darkest night
Much stronger than self-made walls
Each time I tried to hide my heart
Each brick would quickly fall

My darkness now had turned to light
No longer alone could I be
No walls could withstand a love like yours
That finally set me free

Free at last, free at last
To love and live again
Sheltered within your warm embrace
Free from my prison of pain