the world heard me

and misunderstood

 

as I owed nothing to it

I felt compelled to a silence

 

I could only watch

as I was torn apart

 

by sworn enemies

I never knew

 

overwhelmed

by a sadness

 

protected only

by palace walls

 

built to withstand

such attacks

 

put up during a time

when I felt

 

I’d never need them

again