The Man Who Hugged Walls

[jynxt]

I lost my temper today
Like I used to do before.

I couldn't help it.
It's been the fortnight of hell.

It's times like these I wonder
If there's any point.

But then I remember 
the man who hugged walls.

He was on a TV show
Talking of his childhood.

His parents kept him in their basement
And fed him scraps through locked door

He seemed so brave
Until he said:

"They never hugged me.
Never even touched me"

"I used to hug the wall.
A crumbling plaster wall.
It was so cold.
The only comfort I knew."

And then he cried
This strong grown man.

And it makes me cry
Still to this day.

And when I feel like I have nothing
I remember it's not true.

My mother gave me what she could
Her love, her hugs, her all.