Shield above
Wall below
Safely nestled in the comforting green
Of my impenetrable canyon
Shield above
Wall below
Safely nestled in the comforting green
Of my impenetrable canyon
And like the earth
I’m toughening
Impervious
To love’s torment
I keep it out
Pretense: content
But even steel
Can’t cleave my soul
And never could
Through toughest hide
I feel my heart
So soon enough
I’ll find my way
To safety’s arms
Then shed this skin
To let you in
No safer place
Than a chair by the glass
Rain pelting the panes
Droplets running into lines
Refracting dying light
Journal in hand
The lamp set low
Raise my glass of red
To waves rumbling on the sand