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My Heart Of Stone

By Erynn Crittenden
December 4, 2023
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A stone sits where my heart should be
It weighs me down- I cannot flee
From the numbness, despite my plea
And God, I just wish to be free

Its jagged edges make me bleed
And numbs my soul in fits of greed
I know this isn’t what I need
But how do I make it accede?

I need to find a way inside
And reach a heart that’s been denied
For though the stone claims to provide
It’s nothing but a place to hide

It’s time to chisel it away
And save my heart from its decay
It will not happen in a day
But, with some help, I’ll find the way

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Erynn Crittenden

Erynn Crittenden has written poetry since she could hold a pen. This love prompted her to earn a BA in Creative Writing, where she learned how to experiment with syllables and styles. Since then, Erynn has self-published three poetry collections (By the Bones, Transfiguration, and Into the Western Sky) through Amazon. She also writes and publishes plenty of individual poems on her website, and her work has appeared in the Talon Literary Magazine, the Beautiful Poetry anthology by Silent Sparks Press, the #AmWriting anthology by the Wayne Foundation, and Life Blood: A Collection of Vampire Tales by Gary Hill. Erynn is also the creator and host of the Present Poetry Podcast, where she reads and celebrates a different poet every week. Find it and the rest of her works by visiting her website at LadyErynn.com.

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