CHAINS
Searching for
that magic key
to happiness
where the sun
sets every night
I aim my bow
against the sky
into the unknown
somewhere
out of sight
beyond the stars
in the black night
the arrows fall
my mind wonders
of what awaits
will I ever be free
of these chains
that constrain
me so?
©AvdL 2010
SEAT OF MY SOUL 
September 1, 2010 at 5:55 am
will I ever be free
of these chains
that constrain
me so?
I know I’ve asked myself this question time and again – we all have our chains, don’t we? seems to be a fact of life. Love it (no, I didn’t mean the chains, lol), and Joe Cocker, well… he’s something else, isn’t he? Thanks! Hugs too!
September 1, 2010 at 6:53 am
Chains in people’s mind keep them from so many things….luckily this is just fictional!! Love Joe Cocker too!! Bigg hugs xxx :):)
September 1, 2010 at 2:03 pm
Glad to see that it is fictional.
Nicely written, and I do have a big soft spot for Mister Cocker 🙂
September 1, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Pure fiction girlfriend…too many complained about too much love writing:) Trying new territory. x
September 1, 2010 at 6:03 am
Maybe not in this earthly life unless you really can overcome spiritually!!
Blessings,
S.E.
September 1, 2010 at 6:54 am
Thanks for the comment, luckily this is just fictional 🙂 Have a happy day my friend xx
September 1, 2010 at 6:19 am
“I shot an arrow into the air…”
I wonder how well-constrained you really are if those chains allow you to access weaponry.
(The chains are all in your head, dear… break free!)
September 1, 2010 at 6:56 am
LOLOLOL….this made me laugh…it’s just fictional (in my head yes:)))))) Have a happy day dear Eric ~ Hugs x
September 1, 2010 at 7:02 am
Cupid’s Arrows (not real one’s) LOLOL x
September 1, 2010 at 6:31 am
I was constrained by chains of my own construction until I finally broke free and am exalting in the warmth of the sun and fresh air where I now find myself. We create our own chains and we create our own freedom from them.
September 1, 2010 at 6:36 am
Amazing, as I was replying to your first message, this one came through!! 🙂 Luckily this is just fiction my friend but so true your words. Life is wonderful!! Much love my friend xx
September 1, 2010 at 6:44 am
I hope that we all find that key one day. Just imagine all of the smiles. 😀 Stay well and happy. Thank you for spreading the love to the world. It is great to have you as a neighbor in this community. I miss ya and hope to be back really soon. All is getting done…slowly, but surely. lol
September 1, 2010 at 7:40 am
cryptic , short , powerful .. just the kind of poetry that keeps me glued to reading !!!! you are just amazing with all these expressions !! 🙂
September 1, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Thanks so much my friend…your comment has made my smile sooo wide…I always love seeing you here. Sending you much love 🙂 xx
September 1, 2010 at 8:58 am
It’s amazing where your imagination can take you, Amanda.. cuz I know for a fact, that this is NOT how feel….
You have a free mind, and an unchained spirit!!!
Kudos for presenting such a sad but beautiful picture of many a heart, A…
Sometimes, no matter how free we are, we still do feel those invisible chains tugging at our minds… and then, all we wish is to BREAK FREE!!!
Here’s a couple from me, to you… hope you don’t mind…
1. Rules of Freedom
2. Fleeting Existence of Freedom
Your poem touched me, Amanda… cuz I always talk about this freedom of mind!!! Being free, and feeling free are two very different things indeed!
Thanks for sharing this amazing poem, dear sweet girl… you speak my heart so often.. I am alost terrified of you now ! 🙂 Awww… just kidding! I LOVE YOU LOADS!!!! 😀 😀
September 1, 2010 at 3:55 pm
So true my girlfriend, as you see I have started to change the tone of my writing a bit, had many comments about too much love writing all the time and even though this is soooo different for me, it’s like a novel playing in my mind….but in the end, I am such a romantic at heart and that will never ever change…and true, unchained spirit!! Your comments always fill my soul dear one, I know you feel the same. I am going to read your poems soon…know that you are loved…always ~ A xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Love you more!!! (Be carefl now,LOLOLOLOLOL hahahahah) xxxxxx
September 1, 2010 at 4:13 pm
heheh.. you are such a romantic indeed…and stay so, girl!! We love exactly the way you are! 🙂
September 1, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Mwah…..and you too my dear friend…sweet dreams xxx Mwah x
September 1, 2010 at 9:27 am
…these are so right out of my thoughts Amanda……it`s like you looked right into my head……stunning words….and music……I thought the other day that I would have loved to hear Uncle Joe perform together with Zucchero…….almost like they are twins….
September 1, 2010 at 4:00 pm
I just love music Dewald, how boring would life b without it…and yes, our style is so very much the same…my twin perhaps? Lovies xx
September 1, 2010 at 10:05 am
What beautiful poetry, intense and moving. The artwork is mesmerizing! You have done it again! Thank you, Amanda, for taking me on a trip with you into the unknown… Blessings..xxoo
September 1, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Strange places our minds can take us Carol, I always say, it’s like giving birth every single day…I get soooo involved in my poems,….chop and change words, looking for the right image….the mind is a wonderful thing and I am so thankful to be able to do this…I love it and even more so when I read your comments. It’s like sweet honey to my ears….I send you love my far away girlfriend xxx
September 1, 2010 at 10:28 am
valid demonstration…
lovely image!
😉
September 1, 2010 at 5:42 pm
Sending you smiling faces right back gorgeous girl…..:) 🙂 🙂 xxx
September 1, 2010 at 11:36 am
Lovely expression of something I think we all feel from time to time. Thanks. – Bill
September 1, 2010 at 5:43 pm
I believe so too Bill…thanks so much and take care 🙂
September 1, 2010 at 2:37 pm
the picture : broke my heart
the poem : made me sad
over all : lovely poem 🙂
September 1, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Mwah mwah xxx thanks girlfriend x
September 1, 2010 at 2:41 pm
These chains that tie us down, are endless. I often wish we could just be free of them and live as we wish. I think at some point, we all need to learn to break away from these chains, and at other times we need to learn to compromise with them.
I just know, I was chained down by many things, but letting them go has really set me free in a way I cannot describe. 🙂 Freedom holds true happiness…
September 1, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Thanks for the fact that some of us DO learn to break free…I have learnt to let go a long time ago as well and there is no better feeling my friend…only happens on the path of life…we have to walk the steps to get there. I would not change it for anything. Much love ALWAYS xxx
September 1, 2010 at 3:28 pm
It is really up to us in the end, isn’t it… whether to stay chained and constrained? Good one, Amanda!
September 1, 2010 at 5:54 pm
Nothing than to walk the steps and be truly free Adee….thanks my friend…enjoy your day xxx
September 1, 2010 at 3:52 pm
I sometimes wonder how much the human frame constrains our thoughts and imaginations? I suppose one can only wait to see……….
September 1, 2010 at 5:56 pm
It’s our choice my friend, if we want to be free or rather choose the chains….I choose freedom. Thanks for being here, I trly appreciate it xx
September 1, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Intense, deep..
It is so delightful to come across your Blog..
So very My mind…
XoX
September 1, 2010 at 5:57 pm
Ditto my girlfriend….sending you love xxxx
September 1, 2010 at 4:10 pm
Thought provoking poem! I greatly enjoyed reading your work!
September 1, 2010 at 5:59 pm
And I greatly enjoy you being here…I really value your comments, thanks so very much!! Hugs x
September 1, 2010 at 4:11 pm
Wow!! Nice.
September 1, 2010 at 6:00 pm
You make me soooo happy!!! Sending you loadssss of love my friend xx
September 1, 2010 at 6:38 pm
Amanda…this one is very well conceived and written. Every day there is a tiny new facet to your poetry…I love watching you get better and better. You never fail to impress 🙂
September 1, 2010 at 6:42 pm
Well thank you Mr Harris, I take your encouragement and comments always very seriously…it means much!! I have a good teacher 🙂
September 1, 2010 at 8:29 pm
very nice, Amanda, the emotion comes across beautifully. And great graphic as usual!
September 2, 2010 at 2:43 pm
Thanks Jes, glad you enjoyed xx Sending you love as always xx
September 1, 2010 at 8:54 pm
Your graphics always amaze me. Your poems even more. I was happy to read in comments you really were not in constraints of the physical or emotional. Great Job! 🙂
September 2, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Only fiction my dear friend…always very happy to see you here, your comments mean so much to me. Sending you many hugs xx
September 2, 2010 at 1:08 am
I felt the restraint. I felt the longing. As always great job!
PS. Thank you so much for you kind words on new posts to my blog, much appreciated!
September 2, 2010 at 2:48 pm
You are very welcome my friend, I appreciate you being here even more xxx
September 2, 2010 at 2:07 am
I feel
The chains turning
Twisting, surging
Yet
My myseries
Hold me deep
Within their clasps
As the chain turn free
Open but bound
In an uncanny peace
Of human belief
Couldn’t stop myself from adding the above after reading 🙂 guess its my take 🙂
September 2, 2010 at 2:49 pm
You are just so amazing Nav….that is why I love your work so much!! I love it…thanks so much and have a good day my friend xx
September 2, 2010 at 3:26 am
Now this is clearly not you, Amanda, but an issue some folks need to face. Fine poem. Well done … love the are … AND the music!!! Yes!
Have a good day, Amanda.
September 2, 2010 at 2:53 pm
LOL…no, not me but a different take and I am feeling my way around new grounds…and as long as I make it fun…that is the most important thing, don’t you think!!? Ditto my Californian girlfriend xx
September 4, 2010 at 2:45 pm
Absolutely … the rule is: have fun… huge fun! xo
September 2, 2010 at 4:30 pm
I think one of the greatest chains is our fear of the unknown. When that arrow shoots off to land somewhere in the far horizon, fear may remain because it is not visible and its fate unknown, but one thing is for certain….action was taken and that there lies an arrow somewhere out there.
Very nice poem Amanda! Have a great day friend! xx
September 3, 2010 at 12:08 pm
Exactly, you have defined it perfectly!! And then she came 3 times and I smile 🙂 xxxxx
September 2, 2010 at 11:04 pm
Beautifully Composed Amanda,
And a lovely reflection of truth …
Despite being a fiction!
September 3, 2010 at 12:19 pm
Aww, that is such a beautiful comment, it made me smile!! So happy to see you here my friend xx
September 3, 2010 at 12:30 am
truly awe inspiring keep it up and thanks for the visits sorry for the wait for my return
September 3, 2010 at 12:25 pm
I understand and appreciate your time here very much. Much love my friend x
September 3, 2010 at 1:29 am
Intense as always.. 🙂 powerful words woven in a style that only you can compose 🙂 Amazing Amanda 😀
September 3, 2010 at 12:26 pm
Wink, gorgeous girl, and on that I can say…DITTO 🙂 🙂
September 4, 2010 at 1:18 am
Yes, do not doubt it for an instant! Lovely, my friend!
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September 4, 2010 at 9:47 am
I am blessed today…3 in a row…WOW…smiles xx
September 4, 2010 at 7:23 am
What an amazing graphic! It’s captivating! And your poem is WOW – I especially like the words “I aim my bow against the sky into the unknown”. Sometimes, that’s exactly how I feel about life in SOoooo many ways. Your words have a magical quality to them Amanda…just awesome!!!!
Chloe xx
September 4, 2010 at 9:53 am
I am so blessed to have so many messages from you WHOOOHOOOO…yep, we all go through life’s up’s and downs but there is always a better tomorrow!!! So glad you liked it Chloe…your feedback means so much!! Have a kick ass weekend girlfriend xx
September 6, 2010 at 9:10 pm
Yes, you’re right – there’s always a better tomorrow. I read somewhere on blogosphere that we should live today like we intend to live tomorrow…at least, that’s my intention from now on! 😀
Hope you had a GREAT weekend xx
September 7, 2010 at 5:09 am
What a wonderful way to think about life!! You’re right, we all should think that way. I had a great weekend…how about you? Much love Chloe xx
September 7, 2010 at 8:53 am
My weekend was GREAT thanks 😀 And here’s to a fantastic week for both of us 😉 xx
September 7, 2010 at 9:22 am
Ditto babes xx