There was a big party for smiling groom
Ceremonial before his wedding at noon
The men celebrate
The smallest handcuff made
Is the wedding ring he will wear will soon
I'm just sitting by my window, staring out at the rain.
Just sitting at my window, escaping my pain,
but then love got a hold of me, and it felt just like a ball and chain.
That's exactly what it felt like, dragging me down.
Why does every single thing I hold on to have to go wrong.
It isn't fair, not at all what you do.
Why can't I let you go, why do I hang on to you?
Where do you get off causing me so much pain?
Love should never be such a ball and chain.
ball
bouncy, inflated,
chasing, juggling, throwing,
footwork, kick, imprisonment, shackle
dangling, yanking, dragging,
tethered, unbroken
chain
Submitted for...
Dazzling Dizzy Diamante Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Caren Krutsinger
Date created: 08/07/2022
No mirror shows reflection
were it not for light and
dark, that which surrounds
and enfolds us, warms and
chills our inner – the deeper
degrees of being. Numbers,
weights and scales are our own
inventions, for God keeps no such account,
seeing only, who walks in with
us, and how we arrived –
Our internal image charged
by those oscillating fuels of love
and hate; spoken and driven~the
engines moving us forward
and back as a humanity...can stall at
the foot of a mountain, or on a one-way
bridge – gleams that never find
a return channel to steadier stars,
unable to escape the firmament-gravity
of super-glued ego –
Lust for Power, jealousies, need to control
others and all else in our environments,
are some of the Balls And Chains we
sing about, rhyme and push our poetry,
while leaving our souls trailing behind –
True Soul-life, not only sentient feelings, but
the spirit body of God appealing to us, from out
the mist of our wanderings, longing for conscious
reunion –
It seems all I know how to do is cry,
It hurts so deep I feel like I'm going to die.
A smile never comes I sit and frown,
I can't get HIGH I can only come down.
It's hard to believe I'm going to be ok no one does,
I just want eternal sleep just because.
You were here and gone so fast,
I really believed what we shared would always last.
In your love I could always believe,
Me without you I cannot conceive.
I would never want to hurt you I would not engage,
I never thought I could look at you and feel the rage.
All I want is for you to take away the pain,
I don't want my heart to wear this ball and chain.
TURBO1904 2021
Hostage to fortune,
prisoner of time
Trophies a burden,
polished and shined
Greed but a jailer,
freedom denied
Hope in confinement
—wishing a crime
(Dreamsleep: October, 2021)
When you hurt so much inside with pain
You carry around a type of ball and chain
It reminds you of everything in the past
Like reading the Moon’s weather forecast
Nothing bright or special childhood time
No one wants to listen to hurt it’s all mine
I was scared from the inside out as I shout
Can it end I’m to hurt so here’s another clout
Some carry around a book or a lovely bag
For me it’s my ball and chain that I must drag
This want I need to get rid of it and be free
Can anyone understand, please just let me be
I struggle so much with pain of every kind,
I know it’s not me that’s going out my mind
My body is ripped apart including my heart
I am sure that was the intention from the start
My ball and chain grows as a sad reminder
did they not love me surely that's much kinder
Instead they gave me torture to carry inside me
It’s heavy and it hurts why can’t anyone see.
Do you ever wonder if you're alone?
We're simply here in a world of "unknown"
Do you ever walk miles just to hear your steps?
Going on journeys and missions --- but never actually finishing a project?
Always second-guessing --- always second-best
Or think you know it all --- but everyone's unimpressed?
Or try to do your own thing and get caught in someone else's web
Then all of a sudden, you're no longer a celeb
The world takes it's natural turn and everyone has bad days
Wondering how in your life right now --- you'll end up pulling out of this phase?
The funk I've been in is breaking inside of my heart
But I stick it out and bear with it --- until it decides to depart
So many thoughts are scattered inside my brain
Concentrating on the falling warm rain
I take a deep breath and I try to start over once again insane
Until I am forever free from this created ball and chain...
To refer to your wife
As your ball and chain,
Is like saying
That she's holding you back.
And that should drive
Any woman insane,
When she's keeping the train
On its track.
YOU'VE BEEN GONE TOO LONG AND YOU'RE TRYING TO GET BACK.
DID A DOSE OF REALITY SLAP YOU IN THE FACE.OR IS IT A
MID-LIFE CRISIS?
I BALLING AT THE FACT THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET BACK.A COMMITMENT WAS A BALL AND CHAIN IN YOUR BRAIN.
ARE YOU ON A PSYCHO TRIP? ARE YOU FEELING OKAY?WITH ME YOU
WILL NOT GET YOUR WAY.
FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS WON'T DO. I'M A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE AND
CLASS. FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS DON'T LAST!.....................
QUALITY IS WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO ME. GO AHEAD AND BE FREE. OH
DID I TELL YOU I'M MARRIED..............................
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