you and you alone

you and you alone posses the strongest and most delicate power of all.
this key you so freely toss from hand to hand
is a sacred tool
you know as well as the lock it belongs to know
it shouldn't be handled the way you choose
you make copies only to burn and bury each one
one at a time
keep the original stored away from your destructive hands an instinct you are unsure of
the day comes when you toss the old key into yo...