You built a castle in your mind,
you manned the battlements,
you kept out humankind,
and you walled yourself in,
but you did not mind,
because how heartbreaks had pacified,
and had crucified your mind,
and love was never meant for you, you said,
and you hid yourself away and you cried,
and you cried,
because how tough is love,
and it assailed you in the most unpredictable ways,
and you suffered the slings,
and the arrows of its misfortune far too many times,
so, you built a castle in your mind,
and you manned the settlements,
and you swore blind,
you swore blind that you would never suffer for love again,
and you swore blind that for the rest of your life,
you never wanted to be in love again,
because love was so cruel and so unkind,
and after the pain, and the hurt and the suffering,
you built a castle in your mind,
but do you feel empty now,
and do you care,
with love to be seen nowhere,
and do you feel better inside,
better inside in the castle in your mind,
or are you bitter still, and do you not care,
because for love you have no time you say,
and you are fine you say,
behind the walls,
and the battlements of the castle in your mind,
hiding from love of about which you say,
never again,
never again will I care,
never again will I care for love,
any coming day.
