Trapped

Trapped midst bushes and brambles
  No escaping their thorny briars
The harder he pushed and he tugged
  The fying pan's oil emerging as fire

The Devil Himelf seemed to grin at him madly
   O, how he yearned to flee, so badly
But he'd signed his name to fate's bottom line
   One's word is his bond, ~ a mere matter of time
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Krutsinger Avatar
May 4, 2021 at 7:47 AM
This was his mistake "he'd signed his name to fate's bottom line" Fun read.
Wolf Avatar
May 4, 2021 at 5:27 PM
His word was his bond -- and his fetter(s) too. :) gw
Theraven Avatar
May 2, 2021 at 5:01 PM
Gershon, 'One's word is his bond' The trap we set for ourselves is the hardest to be free of. Thoughts to be pondered in this poem, lessons to be learned. -Richard
Wolf Avatar
May 2, 2021 at 6:09 PM
Such traps have steel jaws, don't they. Good point you've made, Richard.
Rodrigues Avatar
May 2, 2021 at 1:59 AM
Wow! Did he sign his soul away or did he have a job that trapped him? Nicely done, dear friend!
Wolf Avatar
May 2, 2021 at 6:07 PM
Perhaps he was a 'contract lawyer' having a bad day. lol. ; gw
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