fairy tales

i build a wall around me.
bricks.
stones.
mortar, some wood beams.
thick tiles for overhead.
i'm protecting myself,
I've been too vulnerable
lately,
I've let the wrong people
in, they've
gotten too close, I've
believed them, when i
shouldn't have. i didn't
listen to the voice inside
of me.
i believed in fairy tales,
in rainbows.
in miracles, when there are
none.
so up goes the walls,
four sides.
a door, a window.
a roof.
it's going to be thick
this time.
it won't happen again.
there are no second chances.
it's one lie and done,
this time around.