My Mind Won't Release the Chain On My Heart

My mind won’t release the chain on my heart

That binds me from holding you close to me,

And with this chain, my dreams are torn apart

As I suffer in endless agony.

The fear of laying my heart on the line

Has cursed me with eternal loneliness,

And though I love you, I struggle in my mind

To hold back my desire to taste your kiss.

If I could break this chain my mind has made

To bind my heart and risk my foolish pride,

I’d say I love you and am not afraid

To risk anything to be by your side:

But this chain on my heart will not permit

Me to say what love wants me to admit.

 

 

 

Author's Note

This is a sonnet based on the fear of the speaker risking his heart and losing everything by admitting he loves 'someone.' "But this chain on my heart will not permit me to say what love wants me to admit."

By the way, the picture is from the anime: Tokko.

Reviews

[KimLove "The Beautiful ..]

Wow that was absolutly beautiful, I felt everyword as if I wrote it myself. Very good job, proud of you.
Kimmi

[RedInk524]

Sounds like me before i met my girl. Love is a dying rose, you must be careful.

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

I wonder how often love gets away from us because we don't release those chains? Well penned!

[Fragilebrokendreams]

Its really well done, you can feel the sadness in this poor speaker's voice, and the anime is perfect for it too

[Tasha]

This was a wonderful sonnet. It went straight to my heart. Wonderful write.
♥ Ta'Shandra

[Lily Mae]

The speaker then will never know if he has let his one true love go.. what's more important..keeping the chains and feeding the fear or risking it all for that one time love? You knew I'd love this one...the chains and hearts speak to me... :) Your writings always go straight to this readers heart...xo

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Perfected resilence to noble interference, a most aquated piece that lends spirit to the reader,w ell done

[Miss Marie Riorden.]

The way you've written this makes it as if you're talking to someone. Directing it towards someone, at least. That's the tone I percieved off of it. But it is fabuously written especially "But this chain on my heart will not permit
Me to say what love wants me to admit" Amazingly written. I really like it (:

[Hotwater]

What an excellent piece of writing, even after reading your notes the poem still feels tranquil.
*bird*