Strategy of Defense |
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| Don't step too close to me --I'll only get claustrophobic Don't expect me to lower my shields --I bruise too easily If, by any chance Something like this should happen My next move will be anger Then anger raises my defenses Since attack is the best defence I hurl my verbal knives at you Sharp, stailness steel words Trying to slash the throat Of your exposed emotions I unsheat my sword Dripping with poisonous scorn Swinging it with a grim satisfaction Trying to stab to death The heart you're wearing on your sleeve Hiding my own vulnerability So foolishly exposed In a moment of naivety Behind a shield strengthened By anger and contempt Keeping you at bay To maintain the distance Once lost, now fought for and regained Denying there ever was A crack in my defence Who'd ever confess such a weakness In a strategy play of power
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