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Lies

"I build Walls," is a poem that shows something that everyone has done. "I build Walls"is saying that even when you're about to cry, you put on a good face and smile. You aren't always happy, but in front of your friends and piers, you almost have to be. In the poem it says, "walls that stare or smile or look away silent lies." This line says that you smile through the tears. And it's true smiling through the tears are lies, lies that protect, but at the same time hurt so much. Or when the poem says, "Walls that even block my eyes, from the tears I might have cried." When you think about it, it's saying walls that hide the truth that you don't want anyone to know.

I build walls, walls that only come down for a few people. Building walls helps, but hurts. Some days I want to break down and start crying. But I build walls instead. I tell myself, "you can't have a rainbow without rain." So I keep those walls up until the rain has stopped, and the only thing to protect me is my own rainbow. I understand that the author of the poem doesn't want me to build walls, at points. But the author also says that sometimes you need walls you just need to be able to break them.

In The Outsiders, a character named Dally built walls to look strong, but was never able to let them fall. he hides his feelings from everyone because his reputation shows that he is a boy that doesn't care what people think, but in the inside he is a teenager who cares. dally was a troublesome teen who who had been to jail; he said that jail hardens you, and that he never wanted that to happen to the ones he actually did cared about. Dally died after the person he cared about most died. Dally broke down his walls before dying after he showed that he truely cared about his friend. Dallas Winston died gallant.

Walls. They hide, they shield, but at the same time they change you. They don't let you show who you are once all the pain is gone. Walls can build higher and higher until your life is completely covered. Their are times when you build walls to protect yourself. Their are times when you build walls to protect someone else. But walls are lies, silent but hurtful lies.

'I build walls: walls that protect, walls that shield. walls that say I shall not yield or reveal who I am or how I feel.

I build walls: Walls that hide Walls that cover whats inside, Walls that stare or smile or look away, Silent lies, Walls that even block my eyes From the tears i might have cried

I build walls: Walls that never let me truly touch Those I love so very much. Walls that need to fall! Walls meant to be fortresses Are prisons after all.'