{"id":2701,"date":"2014-11-22T07:28:41","date_gmt":"2014-11-22T07:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=2701"},"modified":"2014-11-22T07:28:41","modified_gmt":"2014-11-22T07:28:41","slug":"metaphorically-speaking-by-georgia-panitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/metaphorically-speaking-by-georgia-panitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Metaphorically Speaking by Georgia Panitch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Metaphorically Speaking<\/h1>\n

by Georgia Panitch<\/p>\n

I am a shell.<\/p>\n

So precious you want to crush me.
\nMy timid nature and delicacy frustrates you.
\nSomething so fragile makes you angry
\nthat I does not break under your
\nJudgmental weight.<\/p>\n

So smooth you want to lick me.
\nYour harsh tongue against my silky skin.
\nSo closed and compact you yearn
\nFor the knowledge of what is inside.<\/p>\n

Starting from the base, blank and white.
\nShowing no signs of individuality.
\nSo simple and disconnected you see
\nYour own reflection in my milky whiteness.<\/p>\n

Running your fingers further down
\nmy back, purple.
\nDeeper, darker, more complex as your finger
\nexplores the sharp, protective violet edges,
\nbecoming familiar.<\/p>\n

So shut it looks purposeful.
\nAs if someone glued me closed.
\nSilencing me, before I was even given a voice.
\nHiding a secret from you, from the world that
\nunknowing wants to know,
\nnot aware of the power I have over you.<\/p>\n

The mystery intrigues you,
\nyou are not sure if it is worth the risk.
\nThis is why the shell hides\u2026 knowing is generous<\/p>\n

You don’t understand that I\u2019m not yours
\nto know or attempt to find out.
\nThe shell slides around,
\nI can\u2019t grab my footing,
\ntoo smooth and insecure for my own good.<\/p>\n

I am weak on the outside,
\nmy power is held within.
\nYou must hurt me; you need to hurt,
\nfor my own good.
\nTo expose me to the world.
\nThe shell, the girl, needs to be pushed,
\nprodded with attention.<\/p>\n

My flaws on the outside,
\ninstead of safe, hidden within.
\nDangerous for me, unpleasant for you.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m naked, the girl, the shell, exposed.
\nBlurring together as one.
\nGrabbing onto each other, as a dying man would ache for his last breath.
\nFeeding off the raw, expired, stinking vulnerability.
\nThe smell tickles your nose, forcing you to imagine awful green, oozing substances.
\nYou want to escape,
\nbut the girl, the shell has shared too much, gone to far.
\nAlready addicted to your, now, misguided interest.<\/p>\n

I am a shell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am a shell.<\/p>\n

So precious you want to crush me.
\nMy timid nature and delicacy frustrates you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2702,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poem"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}