Piece by Piece

It's completely unfair
How I work so hard
To unfeel,
And then a moment
In your presence
Causes a flood of
Lost emotions,
Reminding me
I'm human after all.
This flood
Corrodes my welded armor
And rusts my shield and sword
And I am forced to feel
The sunlight
As I remove it
Piece by piece.
I think it unfair
This insistence on liberation
That your spirit requires
Whenever you are near.