MY SOUL TO KEEP

Reflecting:  I learned about my ethics very quickly.  Nobody taught me ethics, I just knew I felt very strongly about certain things.  Ethics have carried me through many situations.


MY SOUL TO KEEP
Now I lay me down to sleep,
You cannot have my soul to keep.

Too many times in my past so deep,
I've given my soul, only to weep.

I must keep in reserve a part of me,
Where no one can go, where only I see.

My heart and mind will not consent,
To give my soul one hundred percent.

So now when I lay me down to sleep,
I know no one will have my soul to keep.

The peace of mind that it does bring,
To know for me, I will not let you clip my wings.

It's like a cloud that moves along,
Changing shapes but still belongs.

Now I lay me down to sleep,
You cannot have my soul to keep.


Gloria J Hildreth
"Reflections a Moment in Time"  
copyright 2009