Thursday, September 29, 2011

Bondage

Eyes; the windows to the soul.

What is it that they show?

If peering into these glass marbles

Will give insight, then what is to be revealed?


Chains. When I look deep into the eyes

Of a human being I see chains.

I see them in my own eyes as well

As I consider myself in the mirror.


We drag them around with us,

Oblivious to their weight and clanging on every hard surface,

We strain against them, not knowing

That we were meant to be so much lighter.


Things past have got a hold on the present.

Old war wounds left untreated fester,

So we bandage them with chains and ignore them

Until they become a part of us.

And we forget who we were underneath.


A bird can only sing if it knows it has a voice.

A chain can only be removed if it is realized.


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