marriage
can be a prison
of sorts
jealousy
can take us
places
we thought
we'd never go
that ring
around
your finger
lays down
certain protocol
if we try
to bend
those rules
even if
we think
our actions
are innocent
marriage still
binds us
to a strict
and definite law
if we break
those rules
it makes us
guilty
even if
we don't
take responsibility
sometimes
there are boundaries
we never realized
or clearly saw
but binding
marriage
is serialized
and even innocent actions
can't be disguised
even though
in marriage
sometimes
we are
victimized
there are things
we just
can't do
because marriage
with its strict law
won't allow us
to be guilt free
won't see us
through
to naivety
or innocence
no matter
what we think
no matter
our own perspective
or our imagined view
of things
so once we take
those marriage vows
there are places
and things
we just can't do
there are specific things
we just can't
innocently do
if broken hearts
were free
to choose
then guilty marriage
wouldn't have
imprisoned you
if all marriage
were guiltless
it wouldn't take
judges
and a court
of law
to break
those marriage
chains
to release you
from that binding
diamond ring
to grant you
freedom
once again

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