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A Hidden Heart
Hidden away like the Holy Grail
You’ll find the answers to your prayers
You see,
A diamond, so brilliant that all must shield their searing eyes
A diamond, so strong it will detect the lies
A diamond, so pure only the chosen can hold
What you are given
Makes or breaks a man
But,
What they’ll never figure out
It’s not how to take it
It’s about how to earn it
She’s not Aphrodite
She won’t give it all away
You want what’s guarded most
Well,
You stand before Zeus on judgment day
If you dishonor, struck down you shall
Surrounded by moats
And hundred foot walls
Inside the maze
Locked away,
is the prize
Few men venture after
For the stakes are high
The price is death to hell
Are you brave enough
To love and cherish
An
Independent
Careful
Strong
Beautiful
Loving girl
It’s hard to catch one who never falls
She likes only a few
And trusts even less
For deep inside
You know why
She has locked all away
Fears she hides
All too real
Disappointment blinds her path
So strewn with deception, lies and greed
She has built her fort
For protection in mind
With a few accepted to enter
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My only suggestion is that the flow of the poem could be better. Since you strive to write with a rhyme scheme, the flow becomes important.
But on the whole, it is a really great poem, and very well worth reading.
nice work!