Chains

A poem lamenting how intriguing and attractive someone is.

Why was I told of your splendor?
It wasn't enough to see your smile,
or learn your heart is large and tender?
It's been quite a while

since I was so enamored

normally I'm wise enough to flee
or break my heart's glass with a hammer.
How much of a fool am I?

How naive to take any amount of time to

make one glance in your eyes

'Cause in a second yours swallowed mine
and now I fear I'm blind

Can't see in front of me

since mine look for you
Now I doubt myself
and wonder what's true

I was so sure I was safe

That you'd not take me prisoner
Now I'd wait in line to see you
and sign in as a visitor

Did I put these chains on myself
by being in range of your beams?
If I sought some shade
would I then be free?

What sentence must I serve
until my release?
What are the terms
until I get relief?

What a cruel twist it is
to be imprisoned by the sun
to later leave my cell
and in the sky see the other one

Must my name be Houdini
for me to escape?
Need I some kind of magic
to pretend I don't want a date?

What am I to do in this state
like I'm in the penitentiary?
was it Hell, Heaven, or Fate
that sent you to me?

Author's Note

opinions welcome

Reviews

[Poetic Beauty]

It is scary falling so deeply for someone. Feeling imprisoned by the inner mysteries that hold you captive. Wanting to be close or for the feelings to be unchained and depart from wince they came. It can be confusing, frustrating and unnerving all at the same time and exhilarating.

[Jacques - iNkwire]

Appreciate the input!

[Poetic Beauty]

You are welcome

[jacob erin-cilberto]

to feel like a visitor in a penitentiary...
who is the prisoner, that is the question....the one we are visiting...or
ourselves...imprisoned with a love we cannot expressed or are not allowed to.
Those chains aren't just restraints....they really hurt.
j.

[Jacques - iNkwire]

I appreciate your understanding!

[Vol]

Jacques,
The deepest, best poets know about words... know they are greater than the sum of their parts. What a lovely road you have created to travel down. Subject? Theme? Symbols? Enjambments? Many can do those things and write fine poems, but folks like you are rare, the ones who suck the nectar from every circumstance and use the juiced to paint more than just the image are why I, at least, eat poetry for breakfast every day. Thanks for this simple love poem that is greater than...
Vol

[Jacques - iNkwire]

Thank you so much, such a flattering review!

[Vol]

Just saying what I think...