Manacle

Manacle
 
There was never any uncertainty before witnessing your steel eyes

eating me up like I had misjudged the calm of the glassy surface

drowning before your calculating stare.

Ignoring all signs of danger

submerged in the deep end of your glare,

there is nowhere to go but down.

Down onto my knees

where you promised to love and cherish me

although the tick of your jaw signaled treachery.

How lovely your touch can be until it clenches making robust 

souls plead and bleed for your amusement alone.

Makes my skin crawl with invisible bites and stings 

while sounds like a distressed kitten

fall on deft ears bought and paid for by your manacle hold

on everything your flint eyes behold.

After experiencing all you promised and more,

 pointed me towards the door of  merciful release

but alas

I swam too deep

so now I'm chained to where I'll never experience relief unless it's at your feet. 

Joy4no1