There's No Princess Within

I don't build walls.

I am the wall,
five feet and six inches tall,
42-36-43 inches thick,
a scarecrow face,
and a stumbling gait.

A moat of repressed emotions
swirls with sharks made of memories
just below the drawbridge.

Acne-cloaked archers
stand at the ready,
for anyone who dares breech my borders,
for anyone too blind to see the warning signs.

I do not build walls.

I am the wall,
bound with barbed wires,
wrought with spokes and spires,
simply protecting an empty room
rebelliously left with  a note that goes
"Gone dragon hunting"