Reconstruction

Credit is given where credit is due. ...So goes the old adage. ...If only that's how it really worked.

And it's me and my idealism that promotes vulnerability when this old adage doesn't add up.

...Long ago, I deconstructed the wall I built. Allowed trust and codependence and comfort to tear it down brick by brick.

And now when there is even a notion... Even a sense of being forgotten... Of being left alone. I have nothing but debris surrounding me. Nothing left to protect my ideals. My heart.

And this deconstructed wall... As I watched it fall... I was arrogant and believed it was something I would never need again.

...But I suppose that everyone needs their own. And I'm only learning that now.