Shell

please don't pick me apart
please don't break my heart
I do not know how to act
and at times I fall apart
I worry about being judged
but I myself am overcritical
of others and myself

I can be an airhead and aloof
and at times I just don't care
I am a clam in its shell
a fortress behind it's wall
and when I am nervous I lose my train of thought
I do not know how to act
and I have trouble opening up
I am like a clam in its shell

no one really knows me
and sometimes I do not know myself
all I know is that I fear what I need most
and I fear I may not know how to give it out
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Come out of your shell and allow the universe to embrace you...Nice write..

Preferential Treatment

Your heart is authentic.
It is your own.
It knows how to breathe you,
And knows how, alone,
Is the world as you,
See inside to outward.
Given in vulnerable,
Where love is preferred.

Raine Les 3/5/2009

thank you

warm tidal water
lets down milk
anemones and coral
drink and feed
within the ocean clouds
opening up everywhere

their vast reef fortress
holds the sea
at bay
bending current
wasting tides

new life peeks from
shelter
bathed in life
and warmth
and sunlight curtain wrinkles
laughter
and
discovery

welcome nice write,come out of that shell and enjoy you and life

Sounds like a fair rendition of what many today feel. I especially like the line "a fortress behind a wall" While many of us may put up that wall we can still be a fortress and not loose site of who we are.

Very nice Sami, very nice

beautiful write full of vulnerability -here's to you stepping gingerly out to embrace life.