Love can be a prison when only
one-sided. The sting of no love
returned is sad and extremely
hurtful and painful.
This prison bound
as if cuffs and shackles
each day await love’s food
might as well be bread and water
long days, only a small ration found
words of love your heart never rattles
I remember when our love was good
now only a prison, your love not around!
Held captive by love for you
a tether I can’t seem to break
nights the distance view
space between us I can hardly take
might as well separate beds
Days as if both different worlds
your love only ragged shreds
this prison I suffer your heart ignores
I’d rather bars see
chains and shackles physically
than this heart suffer and bleed
yet this prison I view so vividly
still every second your love seek
if might and strength
I’d break free your love’s bondage
prison of love escape, even it’s slightest stench!
Photo Credit – Pixabay.com ..by ErikaWittlieb
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I like how this piece conveys love as something that’s lingering, abstract enough that it’s difficult to rid of, yet tangible enough that the speaker feels it “as if shackles and cuffs.” I enjoy the extended metaphor of love to a prison, and my favorite line is “even it’s slightest stench!” Love, and thus heartbreak, is often romanticized, but to end this poem with such a unique description really brings it down to earth. Great job!
RAR ..thanks for your words kind and helpful. Your comment means a lot to me, thanks again.
I love the analogy you are using to describe love. The subject of love can be considered cliche by this point in poems, but by comparing it to a prison you give a different outlook to the readers. That’s how I felt when I read this piece. When you mentioned stuff like “rations” and “separate beds.” It gave me the image in my mind of two people who care about each other, but have somehow let the passion dry up. They can’t separate because they don’t really know what it is like to be apart. So love is imprisoning them. They can’t live with each other and they can’t live without.
Whether this interpretation is right or wrong the fact that I can pull this much from your poem is a good sign.
mikaylamoss ..your interpretation is exact and thanks, my writing is lacking in many ways ..but I so love to write and read. Thanks for your comment always.