What Is This Shell

What is this lonely shell we live in that they call a body?
We feed it and nurture it as it grows and strengthens,
yet it feels no happiness anymore. We've tried giving it
love and letting love come in, yet it only seems to cause
it pain.
Therefore what is this shell really for is it just to
harbor our souls, hearts and minds, and not a place for

true love and happiness...
Is there no room for that in this shell we call a body...
Is this shell only a place to protect us from the elements
of nature, never to allow us what we need to grow...
The tender love and care of another, the touch and nurturing
we need...
So tell me what really is this shell we call a body...
I think it is just a lonely protective shell...
Copyright 08/15/89 Teresa Causey-Christian