Shackles

The shackles of life I do wear 

Unforgiving through pain, never through happiness 

One link after another joins my fear 

Another link disappears with time 

Hopefully when time turns to null

So too shall my fear turn void 

Unless I am shackled by the world 

Unable to leave my love 

Forever binding in pain 

Forever binding in love 

Human

Walking sandbags around me 

Walking ashes around me 

Sand in the air 

Ashes on the floor 

Shades on the sandbags 

Spectacles on the ashes

Sandbags in rust on wheels 

Ashes in rusting wheels 

Rushing off to somewhere 

Running behind time 

Rushing off to the end 

Running behind colored paper 

And here I am confused 

Unsure of my direction

Rushing behind love

Running behind passion

Rushing behind family 

Running behind friends 

Push

Move along I do 

Just as they push from behind 

My move no longer counts 

Because it's their push that mattered 

My tears forever invisible 

To all, even me and them 

Marriage

What is a marriage except

The joining of two souls? 

What else is a marriage except 

The joining of two families? 

How does a marriage fail except 

When no compromises are made? 

How else does a marriage fail except 

When the egos come into play? 

Where does a marriage happen except

In the highest reaches of heaven 

Where else does a marriage happen except

in the hearts of those joined?