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Brick by Brick

she put it awayin a deep dark corner of her being

built walls around it

tucked it away for nobody to find

even she forgotit was there.

until one day, pieces came crumbling down.

from the walls that kept her safe from the shame, the pain and the anger

to find hidden in the pieces

the pride, the joy and the love she buried with them

in the walls of her heartthat she took down

with her bare hands

brick by brick