Defense Mechanism vs Explanation Mechanism

Defense Mechanism vs Explanation Mechanism  
(Fodder for Thought)
 
I get offended
When accused
Of being defensive  
My opinion,
On defense mechanism  
Is that it is an
Explanation mechanism.
Defense goes up
When it seems
You won’t even listen  
You say you hear
I say you do not hear, Hear
Rather, you turn your cheek
To my offering of my
Explaining the me of me.
Always been detailed oriented
It’s who I am, it’s part of me.
I pound my chest
Try to get point across
Voice in earnest tone
Of just listen for once.
 
So, rather than
Defense accusations
Think in terms of my
Imparting to you who I am
My thoughts, my feelings.
I want you to know me
As I want to know you.
 
An idea, a conversation evolution
Open it to new possibilities.  
Ask a question, make a statement  
But…rather than answer initial
Point of subject  
Go back, dig, become a Reaper of truth.
What is reason the matter
Took spoken form?
Discover the prompt
Of initial point of discussion  
And, talk about it.
After all, getting to the root
Is where we want to be.
 
Defending oneself  
With defense mechanisms
Nor acccusations of defense  
Is simply a dead end.
Why is it essential to  
To send attack claiming
Defense, what is it you cannot face?
Translating defense mechanisms  
Into positive outcomes
By investigating the crux
Of the defense  
By all parties
Seems a more positive approach.
A defense of sorts on either side
Is just that,  
Does not change a thing.
 
Just listen, rather than accuse.
Let me be heard
Just, please listen to hear, Hear.
I want me to be part
Of life’s prisms
To travel into the intricacies of being.
If not allowed to talk
To share my inner-most self
Staying locked in my self-prison
Is not where I want to be.
 
Please come away with me
Into the Enchanted Forest of our being,  
Discover ourselves  
Through each other.
Hold hands, touch, talk, share and feel
Our way around, open and free
Is how I want to be.