Stuck in Solitude

She was sinking in her solitude
and lost in a false attitude,
a smile plastered across her face
leading to a cold embrace.

Her eyes were wet from unshed tears
as she kept silent all these years
about what she truly desired
and was never able to acquire;

someone to let into her life
without too much strife,
someone who she could trust,
who would show no disgust
for all that she would share;
someone that would always be there.

But instead of letting anyone close,
she turned friends into foes
and kept everyone away
for fear of what they might say.

Or maybe she stayed inert
so she would never again be hurt,
but by not giving anyone a chance,
she lost her opportunity at romance
and a life of happiness and joy
because she was a afraid to destroy
her walls that kept it all locked away,
so in solitude and misery she stayed.