soul keeper, watcher of others lives,
touching those who need the feeling of warmth
feeling for those without
easily slipping through your walls,
to stand with you on level ground
easing you into yourself, showing the truth
nurturing the kernels of self
to grow into a new beginning
Trust held in the heart,
constrained by the mind
experience the guide to prejudice
clouding the vision,
allowing not the open heart
protected from harm, pain, love
Love not lost but held inside
open to the world
shining through despite intent
allowing others in
Sharing more than words can say
a glimpse of the soul
The hurt, the pain, the joy of life
all held within
Allowed not to be free, held desperately
familiar enemy, familiar friend
