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My heart had been closed for many a year.
I hid in the fortress I  built around my inner being.
My guard was always up; not a soul was to enter in.
I was hard and unfeeling to many a person.
Then one entered my life that I had avoided for many months.
I was wary at first.
Then me and that person opened up; each to the other.
Slowly trust was gained, and slowly walls melted away.
I found myself enjoying that person.
After many years; I am open again.
These walls knocked down; never to be rebuilt.
Though that person is not here now;
The touch that was left shall always remain.
I am not the person I was.
I will no longer allow my care for another person to be stolen.
No longer shall I remain in my fortress.