Ornaments and chains

Ornaments or chains

Both, the memory retains

Holding valuable lessons

Keys to the inner heavens

Thoughts are wrung

Before they are flung

Into the dark reaches

We examine the pieces

Making ornaments or chains

Staking ownership claims

Both are heavy loads

Take us down known roads

Without ornaments or chains

The adventurous find the center

Where we’re beautiful and bare

Nothing’s worn, to compare