I am the Barricade

Standing tall in the land

Looking over the little ones in my charge

With loving eyes and ready to fight

I, The Barricade, will face the giants

The ones who hurt us

No war shall wage before me

No blood shall be shed

All who wish the harm the ones within

Must first pass me, The Barrier

I must harden my walls to protect them

To continue to protect myself

Because my charges have not prepared

They will fall if I break

So I must be strong

The weak made strong against the giants

In order to protect my charges

and not break myself

Beneath the crashing waves of attacks

I am the buffer

But now I must leave

As Life calls me to grow up

I have already grown

As life calls me to move

I have always been unmovable

I am afraid to leave my charges

I while I have kept them safe

I have kept them from growing

Just as life calls them to grow

But I know not what it's like

To be open, vulnerable, weak

To let someone in my heart

So I stay a barricade