Fettered Liberty Poem by Manu Mangattu

Fettered Liberty

Rating: 5.0


I locked my heart and threw away the key..
The heart chokes but now I am free..

Sunday, February 7, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: freedom,melancholy
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Jasbir Chatterjee 15 February 2016

Very nice poem..Hope you open up again, for what is a human being with a choked heart?

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Bharati Nayak 17 February 2016

I locked my heart and threw away the key The heart chokes but now I am free- - - -Freedom enjoyed in locked heart.Beautiful expression of paradox ! !

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Roseann Shawiak 25 February 2016

Throwing away the key is pretty drastic, but understandable if your freedom is being choked when opened. Love the analogy! 10++++++++ Thank you for sharing. RoseAnn

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Bri Edwards 12 March 2016

Jasbir may have a valid point. There certainly is much to life besides affairs of the heart. For some, it may be less painful if love is not sought nor given. i straddle the fence** in my life. bri :) ** my definition in this case: 2. To appear to favor both sides of (an issue) .

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Anzelyne Shideshe 31 March 2016

Hope you won't break the padlock nor the door again to get in your heart.lovely piece though.Thanks for posting.

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Jazib Kamalvi 16 December 2018

A nice poem, Manu. Read my poem Love and L u s t. Thanks

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Sister Frances 13 November 2016

Love the title. Your poem has expressed in two lines a message that others needed sonnets to convey. Love it.

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Liza Sudina 04 June 2016

It is right, because the heart contains the whole world!

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Margaret O Driscoll 01 May 2016

So expressive in so few lines!

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Anzelyne Shideshe 31 March 2016

Hope you won't break the padlock nor the door again to get into your heart.lovely piece though.Thanks for posting.

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