Giving it all away

Giving it all away

Leave my Self bare

People peer in and dig about,

Prodding, prying, pulling out

Chastising and scolding me

For their own discomfort

Shut the door, girl! 

And 

Next time?

Give only

Slowly, slowly 

A very tiny

Little bit

At a time

Comments

[tamarika]

Thanks for the Cyber hug, Donna! It feels good. Feeling timid and shamed is a good way of describing the emotions surrounding around realizations of this nature!
This is not as much about hurt as awareness ...

[Donna Falcone]

Wow... is this something you wrote today? It is very powerful... hits me in my soul. I have learned that only the tiniest bits of me get out to almost everyone who thinks they know me well. Very few get in. Your poem makes me think of a deep hurt over something that you blame yourself for... for making the mistake of giving it all away... and for sure that won't happen again. It makes me think of feeling timid and shamed. It makes me want to wrap my arms around you (((((TOmar))))) with a nice hug.