Stone by Stone (revised)

I have a wall you cannot see,
hidden deep inside of me;
it blocks my heart on every side,
within their tomb, emotions hide.
With all your strength you try to reach
yet the wall is one you cannot breach.

Neither can this wall be seen –
built with insecurity. My heart
is tender...quick to hurt, and scars within
grow worse and worse. So, stone
by stone, I built a wall, that’s now
so thick it cannot fall.

Then understand, it isn’t you –
please try your best to break on through.
I want, so much to show myself,
and know your love would really help
so...bit, by bit, chip at my wall
till, stone by stone, it starts to fall.

The process will be slow, I know –
it’s never easy to let go; hurts
and failures long ingrained,
upon one’s heart from years of pain.
I’m so afraid to let you in
for fear I may get hurt again.

And if I try to break the wall
it seems I get nowhere at all,
so firmly stone on stone is stacked
between each one there’s not a crack.
The only way to make it fall
is to find the weakest spot of all.

I tried to build it good and strong
and yet my perfect wall went wrong...
a few small faults, which are the key
to breaking through the wall to me.
So ferret out those tiny flaws
where deep within lies so much more.

For just as stone by stone was laid
with endless hurt and searing pain
let, stone by stone, its stronghold break
as love replaces every ache...
and though that wall may well be flawed
with every beat, my heart is yours.