The Chains That Bind You
A Poem
The chains that bind you,
What are they?
They keep you from going
Where you may.
Though you desire to flee
They bid you to stay.
The chains that bind you,
How you want them gone!
You ask how long
Before you may run.
Free to do what you wanted to do
Under the sun.
But the chains that bound you,
They taught you.
Though they held you
They made you strong
They've guided your heart
Where it truly belongs.
For the chains that bound you,
They freed you!
They led you right
Where you should be.
You thought you were being held
When you were being set free!
The above poem is included in Jocelyn Soriano's book for those who grieve the loss of a loved one "Of Waves and Butterflies: Poems on Grief". Get it from Amazon today - click here.
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Jocleyn Soriano
Writer. Poet. Inspirer! Author of Poems of Love and Letting Go.
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