Freedom's Fort by Julia Kim

Freedom's Fort

by Julia Kim

Soft, sweet words ooze sluggishly in my ears

As my love endeavors to dismantle my wall of wrath.

I build up block-by-block in solid granite slabs

The walls of rock that begin to engulf me in immenseness and depth.

Betrayed successively,

The mask of my lover's beguilement becomes as transparent as a

young woman's summer skirt when doused by the ocean's waters.

I will feign innocence no longer,

Too much pain was exposed before the walls were raised;

And now, with its construction complete,

I feel shielded in its periphery.

And there I will remain,

Away from destruciton,

Away from You.