how long will you hide inside a shell that is not your own?
how will you ever get to the sea?
there are things in this life meant for you
if you allow them to crack you open

i believe you when you say it hurts
but will you let the pain live inside of you
or will you rip it out?
what if you replace it 
with all of the beautiful things
that you’re meant for in this life?

what if you give something else 
a chance to live inside of you?
to get comfortable?
what if you made room for 
who you really are
and all you’ve yet to be?

what if i could promise you 
that if you bare yourself
you will allow everything in the shape of your hands
to flow to you?

what if i could promise you love?
would you hand it over?
what if the greatest love you’ve ever known
was on the other side of showing who you are?
and what if it’s not a promise of someone else
or some other thing,
what if it’s you?


MAIA