I am a clam
without a pearl.
Instead, I protect secrets
To some, this would be a disappointment

Yet your eyes burn a hole right through me
Past my hard shell, exposing vulnerability
Pried open, my guts spill and fill your hands

You eat them all up, driven by
desire to piece me back together...
to make me whole, if only temporarily

I am safe, ****** in by your embrace.
my limbs entwine with yours;
your voice soothes me to sleep