To Unlock My Soul Poem by Mary Champion

You were not an obvious temptation,
out of my league by most measures you'd use.
You asked me to dance. How could I refuse?
But even then, there was no suggestion
of anything but harmless flirtation.
It wasn't as if I would ever lose
my head or my heart - assumed I could choose
when I wanted to end this obsession.
But that's hubris for you- my foolish pride
was deserving of mortification.
Finally learned I was not in control,
arrogance drowned in the tears that I cried
when I lost you and found my salvation.
For you turned the key to unlock my soul.