living unshelled....

“A creature that hides and “withdraws into its shell,” is preparing a “way out.” 

This is true of the entire scale of metaphors, from the resurrection of a [person] in [a] grave, to the sudden outburst of one who has long been silent. If we remain at the heart of the image under consideration, we have the impression that, by staying in the motionlessness of its shell, the creature is preparing temporal explosions, not to say whirlwinds, of being.” 
― Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space

I have always been a watcher of sorts, eyes wide open, rest of me pulled up, curled up, hidden underneath the exterior shell of just being.

I watch life, watch interactions, analyze my place in the world and wonder...

wonder what happens

when and if 

I trust 

enough

to allow 

those around

to see me,

feel me,

know me,

in all 

my many multiple layers

of 

"being"

underneath the shell.

I'm an assortment of questions--

wanderings and ponderings about life

questions intersecting

with 

why, how, hum

moments

interwoven with

heart beats

connected to 

something so much bigger

wondering constantly 

how 

we humans connect

what the meaning of life

 may be

and 

why

why my heart aches to know

children have no food,

older folks who work hard

still struggle

why we people

strange as we are

somehow 

break down each other rather than build up community.

I watch

eyes open

from underneath

my shell

I gather energy

ideas

sparked by love

and

find meaning

meaning for life and people and world

energy builds as I watch

all curled up

hunkered down

in my protective 

cover

and

yet

my heart pulls me forward

and

I feel it happening

i find myself

daring

to 

pull back the cover

of my little shell

and

allow my 

heart 

to 

beat

unprotected in the world

without 

fear of rejection

or 

laughter

or 

judgement

unshelled

I am

learning 

to 

be

....

simply 

me

....

said 

the 

radical rambler 

as 

she rambles.

blessings...

go on out and be.....

a great day!

the radical rambler.