Guarding My Gates

One Can Be 

Deeply Immersed

In Conversing With Another

The Giving And Exchange

Of Information

Sentiments & Perspectives 

Specific Inquiries

Will Be

Asked

Curiosity

Wanting

To Be Fulfilled 

Everybody

Everybody Wants 

To 

Know...

Until 

They Find Out

The Cost Of 

It

Till They Find Out

Find Out

What You Lost 

For It

Particular

Occurrences In Life

Make Certain Individuals Appear 

As If 

They Have 

Superhuman Functionalities  

Able To Surmount

What Another Perceives 

As Inconceivable Hurdles

While Others 

Cannot Seem To Walk Around 

A Puddle 

Spectacle

Following After

Every Single 
Miracle 

There Is A Price 

To Be Paid

For The Loss Of Naiveté

Many Deem 

To Be 

Innocence 

Gifted 

Their Own

Awareness 

Speaking From My Experience(s)

I Don't Believe It Is Possible 

To Have Your Heart Shattered More Than Once 

Obliterated Scattered Pieces

In Various Directions

Outside Of Self

Not Knowing 

Where To 

Being

Understanding:

 It Is Inevitable

 To Start

Slowly Gathering

 What Was Destroyed

Piece By Piece

One Moment At A Time

Certain Components Can Be Repaired

While Other's Are Thrown Away

As If It Never Existed 

Building 

A New Foundation

From The Inside-Out

Familiarizing Oneself

With Your Own 

Architecture 

This Type Of Rock Bottom

Will Feel Like A

 Once In A LifeTime Exposure 

To Unbearable Pain

The Ones That Are Sure To Follow

Will At First Appear 

As If They Are Brand New

Aches Of Discomfort 

Followed By 

Uncertainty 

With The Knowledge 

Of  Knowing 

How You're Built 

A Sense Of Familiarity 

Guides You 

Through

The Process 

Of Necessary 

Elimination 

A Profound Love

For The Intricacies 

Of One's Being

Is Solidified

No Worldly 

Entity

Can Absolve  

With It's Many

Many

Attempts

Self Love
Is
Indestructible 

© LaToya S. C. 

Watch Them 
Marvel At 
All The Joy You Have...


What A Tragedy
You Can Laugh 
At Me


But, I'm In Love
Yes, I'm In Love

Don't You Wish
You Had 
Real Love?

Oh, I'm Guarding
My
Gates