That egg is a closet is a geode is a liminal space is filled with potential

hollow darkness 

refuge 

igneous rock pocket as egg closet 

room to grow 

to become 

water and sediment 

personality and self 

soul calcifying into chalcedony 

fairy quartz 

finally 

walked away from the geode 

(this is not a unique process

nor does it happen only once for any one person) 

revealed all that sparkle 

glint and shine as light hits facets for first time 

shed protective covering 

drab rock exterior 

tomorrow and yesterday 

and other yesterdays I’ll be out in the sky 

was out 

am out 

ready to face 

everything 

after slow clarification 

crack it open 

I had been closeted 

closed off 

embodied a hollow cavity 

now and again micro-crystalline structures 

released 

time and mineral deposits 

revealed 

a self 

shining 

authentic 

Holy having left the hollow 

inherent dignity of mineralization 

sparkle unveiled