Poem Entry #15

1-      Why would someone build “walls” around his or her feelings?

Sometimes and depending on the situation or the people we relate to, we build imaginary walls. We do this as a defense mechanism in order not to end up hurt from a situation or to be hurt by a person and these “walls” can be manifested in the form of lies, silences, violent outbursts , tears etc. We prefer to avoid the situation rather than to confront it.

2-      Do you or others you know, ever build such “walls”?

It is not a question of who builts these “walls” but a question of who does not. In my personal opinion almost every human being has at least once built these barriers.  All people safeguard their own mental health: I do it and almost everyone I know does so too.

3-      Do you think that there are times when we need to build walls?

I think there are special moments in which we need to build walls, difficult moments, moments we would like to erase from or memory such as a family or a friend´s death, a very violent disagreement with someone or a fight. That is when we build a wall so that the awful memory does not hurt us anymore.