beautiful prison

one day when i was young
enough to fall in love
i put my heart on a gold linked chain and
pretended i was still free.
very few were the times i spent
pulling and tugging
almost new, the chain, it caused my
heart to swell
when people passed by
nobody stared or pointed
they had the chain too
if only for a season
theirs were tattered, torn
but still stuck to them
they never realized they
were in prison
as i continuously pull, people,
my friends, ask why i am still
attached
it seems like here is no answer
no word on my lips to satisfy
their curious minds
i want to be free
i keep asking for closure
the sky is gray and my gold chain
just keeps getting colder
as i learn and grow closer to freedom
my heart is so swollen, i know it can only be relieved
by the Lover taking lover after lover out
and putting Himself in
the chain is off my heart
the lovers out of mind
i'd be off to a great new start
if my gilded chain i could not find.