Walls

Walls

The massive piece of steel and concrete put together to hold a building

Walls

Protection from storms and wind

Walls

Where we hide

Walls

What we put to protect ourselves

To protect our souls

From hurt, from pain, from anguish

Walls

Strong

It could take days, weeks, months, and even years to properly demolish

Walls

Thought out with precision

Calculated by architecture

Built through engineering

Walls

We all have walls

And in case you haven’t noticed,

I am not talking of the walls of your house

Neither about the great wall of China

Or the once famous quote, “we are going to build a wall”

Nope, not that wall either.

I am talking the walls of your soul

In Emeli and Labrinth’s words: You’ve built your wall so high that no one could climb it.

Have you built around your soul

Walls? Walls of WHAT you have or WHO you are?

Who you are is your essence

That won’t stop no matter where you are

Or what you have

Who you are is your core

Your work ethic

No matter the job

Who you are

Is your character,

Who you are, is not your job

It is the who you bring to the job

Who you are is not what they say

It is who you know you are despite

What they say

So, build strong walls,

Walls that will withstand whatever

And stand no matter where you are

Or what you do

And it is built in who you are,

Your core who you know you are

And not who you think you are

Know is about intimacy

Have you listened to the rhythms

Of your heart? What moves you

Are you conscious, are you attentive to what puzzles your mind?

Have you fought for you?

Have you exercised your will?

Your will to live?

That, is who you are.

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