To keep out those who
May hurt me
Or judge me
Or laugh at my
Choices in life
I build walls
To keep out them
Who do not understand
Or let me live
The way I live
Loud or loved
Quiet or quite
Adequate
I build walls
To keep out those
Who come unannounced
Barging in to my
Life as I go about
Humming my tunes
Tunelessly
But wait
Perhaps these walls
Are not to keep
Them out
But to keep me in
With just my selfish self
For company
