Bound by Words.

A simple truth. I feel.

We are born into bondage.
Bound by gravity.  The moment we escape the womb.
Bound by lust. A desire that cannot be explained.
Bound by love.  To whom which, we would go any lengths.
Bound by work. To simply pay for the luxury of living.
Bound by government. Who deem what we can and cannot do.
Bound by law.  To protect ourselves from each other.
Bound by mind. For its complexity and madness.
Bound by body. In sickness and in health.
Bound by history. For deeds we never commited.
Bound by hate. Ignorance and cruelty run amok.
Bound by words. For I cannot express my agony any other way.
Bound by soul.

Author's Note

I suppose this is how I feel about the world. I never asked to be born but yet must abide by all of existence demands.

Reviews

[Nisreen]

Bound by words
I like the way you reveal this life we live

bound .... somehow

[Perkele.7885]

This is a very good way to get started here on my page, Samuel. High marks indeed.

[Samuel Riverside]

Thank you. Wrote this when I was presented with a decision I couldn't escape from.