Kindly Leave My Walls Alone

Kindly leave my walls alone, sir.

They're not intended to wound or maim.

It may be cold within this mortar

But I need it all the same.

It seems the moment I let my guard down

A poisoned arrow finds its way

To the center of my being

And it kills me day by day.

Kindly leave my walls alone, ma'am.

I don't believe I'm asking much.

I'm a jelly-hearted softy

But these bricks are oh-so-tough.

I'll not throw any sticks or stones

Across the distance protecting me.

I kindly ask you to be going

Leave me alone and let me be.

Years later, this poem unfinished.

Hard to remember the man who wrote before.

I only know that I'm so grateful

That Jesus persistently knocked upon my door.

I find myself on the other side now

Gently tapping walls as some did mine.

I pray they open up to Jesus

Only in Him, true peace they'll find.