<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=530567" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Exoskeleton</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I attempt to molt<br>My hard exoskeleton, <br>Exposing the soft<br>And raw meat of my insides—<br>Vulnerable flesh of mine.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I crawl for a time<br>In the unforgiving air<br>As it bakes my skin.<br>The light of the sun presses<br>Me further into the dirt.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The cool and smooth rocks<br>Rub against me like a rust, <br>A corroding floor.<br>I scrape my body along<br>As a snail would—so slowly.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The gentle salt spray<br>Curdles me, a foaming lump<br>Traveling through sand.<br>Sodium streams stain my prints, <br>A fossil made of the past.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My back is spineless, <br>Formless without its firm shell, <br>Unfit to support.<br>I flop like a dry fish would<br>As if deprived of water.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To protect myself, <br>I callous stone around me: <br>A coral shelter.<br>Safe within the walls I've built, <br>I remain fully contained.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Tim+Stensloff">Tim Stensloff</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=530567" data-title="Exoskeleton de Tim Stensloff" data-description="I attempt to molt My hard exoskeleton, Exposing the soft And raw meat of my insides— Vulnerable flesh of mine. I crawl for a time In the unforgiving air As it bakes my skin. The light of the sun presses Me further into the dirt. The cool and ..."></div> </div> </div>

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