Dragging Rusty Chains

Once she dragged her chain behind but it pulled her from the core , It changed as she could see the weight and worked as metaphor
For what she would let go of, what she could release, And as she came to realize her busy mind could cease… Once she reached into the sky by cutting off the chain, She dropped the thing, link by link, and released some inner pain; She talked of what is danger, what can slow her down, And as she walked away with heart she moved herself to town… Once she knew she had enough, she had all she could take, She let go with her clarity and changed for goodness sake; It let her dream of freedom, and make it come to be, And as she graduated she gained what she could see…