Stone by Stone.

I have a wall you cannot see.
Because it's deep inside of me.
It blocks my heart on every side.
And helps emotions there to hide.
You can't reach in,
I can't reach out.
You wonder what it's all about.

The wall I built that you can't see,
Results from insecurity.
Each time my tender heart was hurt,
The scars within grew worse and worse.
So stone by stone,
I built a wall.
That's now so thick it will not fall.

Please understand that it's not you.
Continue trying to break through.
I want so much to show myself,
And love from you will really help.
So bit by bit, chip at my wall.
'Till stone by stone it starts to fall.
I know the process will be slow,
It's never easy to let go
of hurts and failures long ingrained
Upon one's heart from years of pain.
I'm so afraid
to let you in.
I know I might get hurt again.

I try so hard to break the wall.
But seem to get no where at all.
For stone upon each stone I've stacked
And left between them not a crack.
The only way to make it fall
is imperfections in the wall.

I did the best I could to build
a perfect wall, but there are still
a few small flaws, which are the key
to breaking through the wall to me.
Please use each flaw to find a crack,
to knock a stone off every stack.

For just as stone by stone was laid,
with every hurt and every pain.
So stone by stone the wall will break
as love replaces every ache.
Please be the one
who cares enough,
to find the flaws
no matter what.