Walnuts

You helped me build

My dreams and

Memories within,

Building a castle for it

You tended its walls;

Fortifying its strength

Not having a clue,

An attack would be coming

From the inside—

A hidden fault

That shook even the depths

Of my foundation

Here I stand

Still in ruins

With bruised walls

And protecting myself,

By making by a moat

Of my very own tears.