What a pity! <br />Their dreams are shackled, <br />By chains of fear. <br />The dread of the unconquered; <br />Leading into the construction, <br />Of steely towers of resolute; <br />To keep away all, <br />That might lead to their fall. <br />Trapping their souls, <br />While their bodies roam free. <br />Imprisoned by themselves, <br />With all their agony. <br />What an irony! <br />The only thing to be kept away, <br />Is the thing which remains within.<br /><br />arundhati sinha<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-defense-mechanisms/