I'm about to open up, about why I play games of this kind, I actually have severe depression, and an overactive mind, The mind part is probably obvious from all these clues I make, Way too detailed and always rhyming for goodness' sake, I wanted to say thank you, for the all this fun, And believe me when I say, that this has only just begun

I'm a liquid, and sure call me basic, you twerp, A more appropriate term would be caustic, for how strong I work, I'll take all the color out of your clothes, without fail! I come from the lands toward which Frodo and the Elves set sail

You'd be surprised how often my name is misspelled. Guess it in one go and you can say you excelled! I am a vegetable that resembles a green tree, or a bush or a miniature forest maybe? I am very healthy but tropically speaking, children don't like me.

Put a window in front of me, and I provide a sort of therapy that costs nothing!

Pear-less I'm a secret chest, locked up tight inside my vest.I hide in sand and shun the Sun,yet serve on plates when day is done.Pry me open if you can- what am I both shell and span?