Chains
Chains surround me
Cover me and hold me down
Trying to claw my way free
Free from the pain
Free from the grief
Free from myself?
These feelings of guilt and fear
ant to remove the from my person, and place them on my heart.
Locking these feelings away forever,
Yet knowing that is not the answer
So I scratch
And I push
And I claw
Heart racing
Mind surging
Toiling with body, mind and heart
My soul screaming for relief
Finally a small link begins to break
Hope flares from deep inside
Spurring me onto new
Dimensions of strength
With one final thrust
The chain dissolves
Along with these feeling
That plague me
Copyright © Julia Brown Badr | Year Posted 2009
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