Shell on a Chain

I am but a shell on a chain 

Unable to go as I please

With the tides, the waves, or winter storm

I am tethered to the norm 

I am but a shell on a chain 

Now I remain the effigy of pain

Constrained, restrained, easily maintained 

Never free of the norm 

A homage to the sane 

Just a decorative shell on a chain