Chains are designed for many uses <br />Chains on tires in snow help you go <br />Chains on hands and feet are hard to defeat <br />Chains on anchors hold ships in place <br />Chains on the mind shackle the spirit <br />Chains of hate incinerate the soul <br />But the chains of love are most unique <br />For when we are bound by love <br />We are free to give of self <br />We are free to care for each other <br />We are free to laugh and spread joy <br />We are free to be – and be our best <br />Love’s chains come without request <br />Though they have a pain of their own <br />But the freedom of life these chains bring <br />Are worth the groans and moans of carrying them <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />9/24/2009<br /><br />Claude H Oliver II<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/chains-23/
