Bricklayer

My heart builds walls wherever I roam,

now wary to fall in love for the eighth time.

I hold back the tears till I get home

to write another bruised poem

with self-loathing and clever rhyme

of how I build walls wherever I roam.

I visit my widowed mom, her hospital room

of anemic fluorescence and septic slime,

holding back the tears till I get home-

sick, and drive back to my Google Chrome

for YouTube fails or Amazon Prime.

My heart build walls wherever I roam,

and I've roamed far, toting my broom

to sweep all heavy memory and its grime

as I hold back tears and find a new home

and contemplate which one will be my tomb

with heart hard and love left to whom?

My heart builds walls wherever I roam.

I hold back the tears till I get home.