Nutcracker Sweet
Are you the magic nutcracker
who can break away my shell?
Crack apart the wooden facade
that obscures my soul so well?
Can you help me through the lesson
that's hard yet must be learned,
that in sharing love I needn't
have a fear of being burned?
Placing trust in anyone
is something I find hard
since love's last deceit
left me badly scarred.
Into a shell did I retreat
with feeling tucked inside.
Split my self-imposed cell,
show me I need not hide.
I've sealed my shell so tightly
I may not get out alive.
Won't you aid my escape
before the squirrels arrive?
- Jenny
