Random Acts of Poetry: The Chains

I watched you walk in
and the face you showed me was the face of a child
not like the face of an animal
which is what they seemed to want to call you
and you looked ashamed
ashamed that you had brought us here
but you also looked relieved
relieved that we had come
and had not left you to face this alone
and I was holding it all together
Being strong as it always seems I must
That was, until I heard the sound of the chains
You see,
I could remit you to this juvenile jungle they call a center for change
a place for correction
but I could not bear to see the chains
wrapped around your hands and feet
as if you would fight them
as if your fear of them wasnt already apparent
as if you werent a small, skinny, scared little boy
who just so happened to commit a grown mans crime
who just so happened to act on a impulse
that his unbalanced brain made seem like a good idea at the time
and his newly balanced brain told him was a very very
very
bad idea
but the chains
the tinkle of them when you walked or adjusted your stance
or when you raised your hand to say hi
in a discreet way
i wanted to run to you and rip those chains off
those chains are not for my children, they are for other mother's children
they are for the bad children
the lost children
not for a child I walked with in the middle of the night when his teeth were cutting through
not for a child I bathed and sang to (badly, I must admit, but you loved it just the same) and hugged and cherished
there should be no chains on MY child
yet there were
and that's when I knew what I must do:
free you from those chains any way that I could
because no child of mine should be in chains
and no chains on my child should haunt me the way your chains haunt me
it was the chains, my son, that made me see that this is not the life I will allow you to accept.
no chains on my child.

Random so random

When I want to say no to you
My mouth stops working
My tongue goes dry
My teeth glue shut
I cant speak
When I try to walk away
Something strange happens:
My heart stops beating
Like a child that holds her breath until she gets her way
My heart tries to kill me
Until I find my way back to your arms
And my body cant say no to you
Every inch of my skin screams for your touch
I melt under your fingers
You dominate me with every kiss, every stroke every lick
I am utterly yours
And you belong to me and anyone else who takes a fancy to you
I have to share even though I dont want to
*when your partner cheats, the hurt is enough to make you stay, just so that you dont have to be alone*