Castle Walls

My body is a castle,
Battered yet secure,
Bruised yet safe,
The supports broken and repaired
So many times I am old in mind
And young in body
Like a great stone cyborg,
Golem.

The knights that inhabit me,
Protect me,
Heal me,
Work for me,
The anti-bodies to my guilty crown.
Guilt?
Nights on the lash and hard winters in shorts,
Such a task to protect me whilst...