Masonry

The building of walls between people
is a mysterious process,
almost as if in the sleeping state
the ruptures of waking moments
commence the process.

the first stone is laid
and it continues until
the wall is so high the
individuals on either side can no longer see,
hear or touch each other.

Then the long eternal moment
of coexistence begins.
Crises that transit into silent pain,
suffering without blood being shed
and then
the separation with or without blood,
(blood being an optional extra that some choose
while others choose not)

Then the decision that "enough" means "finality"

Some choose hostility, vile hatred of the other
Blaming, finger jabbing, denying the other ever existed
ever was anyone that meant anything

Others transcend out of the chrysalis of hurt
to be reborn.
They bear terrible scars of this process
but at least
they are removed from a past reality.