Untitled poem

Don’t knock down the walls.
Don’t be honest.
Don’t let them in.
All it does
is give them another way
to hurt you.

It didn’t even take twenty-four hours.
One day.
One stupid moment
of believing someone was different.

Needless to say,
I’m an idiot.

It took me forever
to let someone get close.
So here’s to rebuilding the walls
I was stupid enough to tear down.
Hope is a cruel fucking thing.