Truly speaking

Speaking truly from the heart can be frightening.

We start wandering,

What if the listener doesn’t understand?

What if they don't feel the depth of what we are saying?

Or not interested.

We have often been too far in our heads to be able to find our heart.

It was so much safer in our heads,

not worrying to be laughed at or be ashamed.

We would hide our feelings until they explode inside us

and whenever we cry,

We feel much relived from what made us cry,

 and the others sorrowful things that we hid.

It takes even longer to find the courage to speak from our heart.

It’s like our hearts were the squishy center in a strong,

healthy husk, protected by a thick skin and prickly spines.

Our hearts were protected

and our body grew to reflect that same level of shield.

Our armored body spent years seeing pain as its enemy

before seeing it as a lesson.

As we learn to release the pain,

the armor eased away,

and we are leaving our soft center more exposed to the world.

We feel vulnerable and worried that we are over protected.

And ask ourselves “Is there any other way to live?”

We don’t want to live safe and sound, isolated and alone.

We want to be around people and live happy with them.

All our friends should be safe harbor

the one place where we feel truly safe to be happy with no limits.

We should now be boosting our courage,

hoping to expand the small circle of people, we trust and love.

Through those we will be able live with no shell

protecting from the outside.

But exposing ourselves to the real life that we are meant to live.

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[Mr.Writer]

Another, realistic, powerful, engaging and emotionally beautiful poem!
I agree, sometimes coming out of our shell and speaking from our heart would solve a lot of problems, although it may take some time...
Well done, keep it up!