Jewellery worn like shiny shackles,
they're an ostentatious burden to wear
and for each hardship their soft shine tackles
another comes, twice as heavy to bear.
Yet they could have memory and meaning
for understated beauty shines brightly.
When there's much more to them than their gleaming
you should keep them close and hold them tightly.
Chain around my neck, soon you will choke me.
Ring around my finger, your circle will break.
It was your irrelevance which broke me
when I realised your shine was fake.
Let me lie alone, unburdened and bare
living without unnecessary care.
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