Chains

The further I fly

The higher I soar

The more I realize

The chains I place

On myself restrain

It's easy to appear free

Secretly bound by chains

Such chains

Elastic at times

Steel in others

Yet bound I remain

Encaptured in my own chains

The further I fly

The higher I soar

Why I try to distract

Divert and detract

Each time I break free attempt

The chains strengthen

They remain intact

It feels

The further I fly

The higher I soar

The longer these chains grow

New links clink clink

Exhausted

Flying higher

Soaring further

With the weight of these chains

On my ankles and wrists

Fatigue

Concealing indents

What a fraud I would be

If they found out

I wasn't truly free

I just got better

At elongating these chains

And still bound I remain

I can fly high

And further I can soar

But I can't yet fly free

Adding another link

To the chains around me