Exposure

Out of the shell, soft meat inside

Feeling exposed, want to crawl back and hide

So vulnerable, in a malleable state

Uncomfortable with the allotted fate

Trying not to crawl back, into the shell

Lest the vitals not grow, and existence be hell

A struggle, keeping open and ready

Cannot turn back, remain constantly steady

Spent to long behind the thick walls

Never hearing, when destiny calls

Comfortable in the protection, remaining secure

Being unveiled and revealed, unable to endure

Outside the environment so immense, causing fear

Inside where it is safe, all is near

With no room to grow, feeling comfortably numb

In a protective coating, blind, deaf and dumb

No strength to remain free, staying hidden

Cannot express emotions when bidden

Seek help, there is one who patiently waits

Time to stop hiding, to open the gates

God will aid, he will be a guide

He will tend to the ills, keep the doors open wide

There is growth, space provided, feeling so free

Becoming much stronger, and able to see

The path is ahead, the journey only begun

Hope there is now, in He light of the son

Douglas A. Walker

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