To My Keeper

They say we can't please everybody.  The worst of all is when we can't please ourselves.  When life gets unbearable and we are not happy with the way we deal with things, we begin to feel guilty.  We start this kind of hatred for ourselves.  I suffer from this from time to time and when I do I turn to someone above me and greater than me, someone who can keep me...

"Dirty I may feel, I am beautiful to you and you love me..."

TO MY KEEPER
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Backgrounder:

This was supposed to be the work of my defunct band to be submitted to a songwriting competition. However, we disbanded and I was left alone to work on it.  

I wrote the lyrics several years ago and I just pulled it out for the competition. My guitarist laid out a melody for it.  We recorded it for submission but a written score was required which none of us knew how to do. I made a deal with an arranger who had the skill and as he was about to start working, we disbanded.  I was discouraged to proceed, but my arranger pushed me to still go for it.  He helped me change the melody, refine the lyrics then he arranged it and came out with this digital musical arrangement.  Then I went to a recording studio to sing the lyrics. My arranger did the score and I submitted it to the competition. 

I never heard back from the organizers....