The Key
I locked up my heart
and hid the key.
Then built a wall
all around me.
Never to be touched
by anyone again.
I couldn’t get hurt
if no one got in.
So when you got to close,
I pushed you away,
thinking you’d give up
and go astray.
To my surprise,
you kept on trying
and before long
my tears were drying,
the wall came down,
and you found the key,
unlocked my heart
and got to me.
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Wrote this at 16 years old
