These Chains

A poem about having social anxiety, from the sufferer's point of view.

"What am I doing here?" - A question I oft ask myself.

What is our purpose? What is our meaning?

A vast world I find myself in,

Forever growing, forever changing...

I always find myself losing focus, forever rearranging.

I sit back and I watch

As everyone lives freely around me.

I could do the same, 

But these chains, they shackle me.

I sit, I watch, I listen, I learn.

People are a curious bunch,

They scare me, yet intrigue me.

They always leave me with a hunch.

Sometimes I wish I could be like them,

Wander around freely and feel free like them.

But these chains, they shackle me, 

When all I want to be is free!

But these chains, they shackle me...

Keep me from being who I want to be...

Keep me from seeing all I want to see...

Keeping me locked away for all eternity.

 

Author's Note

Enjoy, let me know what you think. :)

Reviews

[Tim Edwards]

I really enjoyed this. Within these words I felt right at home, if you get a chance and you enjoy metalish music you should check out Dream Theater's "These Walls" The song has a completely different meaning, but to me it will always represent my feelings toward social anxieties.