Do not assume my serenity
Strength composed behind these royal jowls
Is easy to unleash
Majestic magnitude I will flippantly flaunt
In your curious face
My capabilities, now subdued
Could easily result in your demise
My eyes hide secrets
To what lies within this gallant heart
Softened only by the breeze
Sweeping through golden tufts
The sun kindling my soul
And the mere fact that I am not free
Tiny treasures washed ashore
Patiently polished by time
Shell I pick you up
Or leave you to rest in the sand?
Your journey complete with tales to tell
Of seaweed and undertows
Shell I pick you up
Or admire you from my hands?
Basking beauties before my eyes
Collecting on common ground
Shell I pick you up
Or honor the shelter you gave?
Ancient armor from life now passed
Jagged and rightfully so
Shell I pick you up
Or leave you kissing the waves?
mishunderstood 