Bound Down And Traveled To Brag Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Bound down.
With a weight much too heavy.
A load that is carried.
Not to shift from a snugging fit.

Bound down and accustomed to the carrying,
Their trials, tribulations and burdens all around.
As if to despair a marriage to tolerate,
With a promise made to stay devoted.

Bound down.
Like a horse attached to a carriage.
And cracking a back directed to adhere.
Wishing not for the sound of a whip that snaps.

Bound down and traveled to brag,
On a mission to awaiting listening ears...
As how one has journeyed through the years,
Making toiling a clear choice one has chosen to do...
To validate with proof the showing of one's suffering.

Bound down.
As if to keep the doing of it,
A proud family tradition to instill.