I gave up
Pride and Dignity
as a gift
to those I loved
Because they did not
ask for it
I freed it
like a Dove
As if afraid
they’d snatch it
I gave it up
in haste
If only
these I give
I save Joy from
being laid waste
Sky image from ‘Composer in the Garden’
Count the stars of heaven 
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