I met you that bright day
You blew in with the golden leaves of fall
Our laughter spread into the forest
Where time passes slowly enough
To build our fortress of friendship
Branch by branch
Twig by twig
Securing our structure
But nothing is perfect
And there were holes
Letting the sunlight through
In the winter we huddled together
In the fort
With make believe tea and toast
To warm our bellies
Our heated secrets
Fueling the fire of friendship
Melding together
But the wind blew and our fort wobbled
So we “secured” it with twine
And brought in the new year
With toasts of bubbling glasses
And faces lit like fireworks
In the starless sky
Where resolutions were made
Possibly with regret
Now that I see
Yours was unkept
Or buried
Buried in the sand of summer
Our fortress on the beach
Taking hours of work
To reveal
A stunning sand castle
That
Delighted passers by
Yet here and there
Small lies surfaced
And rushed the entire spectacle
Washing it away
And I was drowning in it at first
But then chose to look the other way
And focus on the stunning sunny day
But the sun faded away
In the distance
There came a call
A battle cry
Founded in untruths and lies
Posted on the internet
Where nothing truly dies
Like a coward
You hid with your guile
For reasons unknown to me
But then a glimpse of light
Because there was a pattern
That I began to see
Your forts
The way you build your forts
Is so very different
Than me
Your reality is steeped in make believe
And my gut feeling told me
To run
To leave
Gaining strength in my every step
I ran and ran
Back to the forest
Where the fort was now gone
Just sunlight standing on the spot
Where it once was
I was stunned
So difficult to understand
How our branches broke
And our twigs scattered
The sun beat down its truth
This was not friendly ground
That day
You knocked the fort down
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