Chained

They say “Love sets you free,"
But it’s imprisoned me.
Scourging all my senses,
Seizing my sanity.

It’s locked me in a cage,
And thrown away the key.
Chained by a band of gold,
I won‘t go silently.

I’ll fight this oppression,
Until my dying day.
Love thinks that it has won,
But I won’t play the game.

I won’t make it easy.
Love is my enemy.
For with love comes marriage,
So how can I be free?

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Written September 6th, 2006

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chilali
September 24, 2008

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Amazing!
A great write and read! My favorite lines were the first two.
"They say “Love sets you free,"
But it’s imprisoned me."

^^ So true! Nice work
Velvet Rose Petals
July 7, 2008
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omg so true my dear. But I guess it is all about whether you are ready for someone to capture you or not. You just don't want to fight it if you think it is right. Good luck sweetie!
Rose
Velvet Rose Petals
June 8, 2008

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So True
marriage binds people. It messes a lot of people up. So many people divorce now its crazy. how do you know when you really love someone. No one can tell you, and a person never knows.
Amazing write my dear
Ive missed you
Rose
poeticweaver
September 18, 2006
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I'm here as Tammy said above, know you have friends that care, miss seeing ya around, take care, peace sweetie!

-Timothy
Whispering Winds
September 11, 2006
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Oh, wow, you know me, and I am speechless. Marriage can be hell, this i do know. I hope you know if you ever need me, you can call me anytime. I love you!

Tammy
verses on flesh
September 7, 2006
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I can relate to this poem so retardedly well. I know that love is supposedly the place where we can finally be ourselves and let our fears go and bla bla bla. But for me it has always seemed like a smothering place where I lived even more restricted. Chastised for being the very things they once claimed to love about me. I have a lot of problems continuously wondering about paths not taken. And to be confined to one I am not 100% happy in anyway would only make me more desperate to struggle against it. I know that a lot of people say love and relationships are about compromise. But I have to disagree. I think your love and relationships are the one place you should never be made to compromise. Wonderful work here. Well spoken, and easily absorbed.

jamie
AmberFire45
September 6, 2006
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Amazing
THis was amazing! The feeling of love shown in a way that makes you feel entraped.. it was amazingly creative! Great Job.. and Im so sorry about your mom! If you ever need to talk.. IM here..
-Ambs-