Margaret the Clam

(no date given)

My hard outside is what everyone sees

    but the soft vulnerable inside is really me

If I open up I will get hurt again

    So I stay closed off from family and friends.

Confidence and strength is the appearance I've given

    All the 37 years I've been livin'.

But uncertainty and fear is really what

    my life has been about.

Under all the soft insides

    There is a strong center,

A pearl round and strong

    Hey, What could be better?