Love locks

Love Locks

I use to keep my heart locked up,

to where no one else could see.

I thought no one would ever find it ;

that precious little key.

But now i see there is one person

in this great big world,

whom i may trust to keep it,

like an oyster with a pearl.

So now i say to you

as i give you my precious little key.

Be careful with my heart,

for now you've set me free.

Locks of love are the padlocks fixed by loving couples, on to a fence or a pole or metallic chain or string alongside some wall etc at a public place, to symbolize their eternal love. A couple would hang a padlock after inscribing their name or initials on it and throw the key away ao that their love is locked forever. Some couple use two inter-twined locks, each lock bearing their name or initials. Besides lovers, often family members and close friends also put such locks at the places, to lock their relationship forever.

The tradition probably originated from China where the love locks can be seen at several locations alongside the Great Wall of China and also in many temples and on the steps or paths leading to sacred peaks. The tradition has spread around the World and is now quite prevalent in South Korea, japan, Guam, Italy, Hungary, Latvia, Russia, USA etc.

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