I Carry My Heart Aloft Poem by Jordan St. Stier

Above all else, guard thy heart,
For from it comes the source of life.
Proverbs 4: 23

I carry my heart aloft
Above the ground of dirt and disease
Do not only carry thy Heart in the hand, carry it in thy soul.

I carry my heart aloft
In the midst of the sails of a pirate brigantine upon the seas
I carry my heart aloft.

I carry my heart aloft
Above the ground, in the symphonious breeze
Do not drag thy heart on the ground, carry it in thy soul.

I carry my heart aloft
In the midst of an ocean of forested trees
I carry my heart aloft.

I carry my heart aloft
Above the scarlet felt of the Jade Emperor's bleeding knees
Do not bury thy heart in farcical praise, carry it in thy soul.

I carry my heart aloft
In the midst of spurious people who only wish to appease
I carry my heart aloft.

I carry my heart aloft
Under the heavy folds of my winter coat, to be at ease
Do not hide thy heart, carry it in thy soul.

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I carry my heart aloft,
I hold my heart aloft in my breast
So that my body may at least feign some rest
Away from life's tumultuous trapeze;
Do not only carry your heart in your hand,
Carry it in thy soul-
For I, I carry my heart aloft.