These Walls

These Walls

You promised to protect me
safe inside your keep
If I’d stay behind you
no more in fear I’d weep

Twas in my darkest fears
I learned to hide behind
I could run to you
and there I’d have peace for my weary mind

There none could ever harm me,
in you I’d safely dwell
But now it is plain to see
you are a lonely hell

Twas for safety I had built these walls
forever there to hide
But now I see these walls I’ve built
have trapped me deep inside.

Yes, these walls they promised to protect me
to keep me safe within
But now I find within these walls
my very own prison.




Written By: Jerry Hodge