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Place Your Soul Under Lock And Key

Guard it with your life

By Colleen Millsteed Published 4 years ago • Updated 4 years ago • 1 min read
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What is the most precious thing you own

No it’s not your heart, as you may guess,

It’s actually your soul, your shining grace

The authentic part of you that will impress.

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Own it, love it, be kind to this part of you

But never allow anyone to hurt or steal it,

Your soul is the most beautiful part of you

So only allow access as you would permit.

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Beautiful one, treasure this purity of yourself

Guard it with your life, safe under lock and key,

Keep it safely hidden, tell no one where it hides

When in company ensure you never set it free.

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There will always be those who’ll try to find it

As if it’s a treasure map marked with a cross,

Take note of who that is, send them packing

As this is not a time you want to suffer a loss.

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Wait for the dead of the night, when you’re alone

Check that there is no other being in attendance,

The only other thing breathing is nature’s trees

Calling your name in spiritual transcendence.

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It is only at this time that you have the freedom

The space to open, to take out your precious soul,

Unlock it and admire its perfection and beauty

It’s now the time to admit you have total control.

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Colleen Millsteed

My first love is poetry — it’s like a desperate need to write, to free up space in my mind, to escape the constant noise in my head. Most of the time the poems write themselves — I’m just the conduit holding the metaphorical pen.

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    Written by Colleen Millsteed