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Hard Around the Heart

You find me Cold Bitter I am not yours to touch To have To hold No softness to envelop you No love to comfort you Only emptiness Ambivalence to greet you Reach for me and I will prick you Leave you Cold Lost Hard around the heart I am not yours to hold You will not reach me

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Michael Smith

Date: 10/10/2012 7:50:00 PM

Verses of therapy I hope.

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 8/3/2011 9:03:00 AM

Congratulations on your poetry making it through round one in the PoetrySoup International Poetry contest Christina. I wish you the best in the final round. Love, Carol

Jack Ross Jr.

Date: 7/21/2011 9:32:00 AM

sad and touching...nice one Jack

Black Eyed Susan

Date: 7/11/2011 9:22:00 AM

definitely bitter. i can only imagine what happened to this poor person. congratulations on your poem being featured this week :)

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 7/10/2011 12:41:00 PM

Congratulations on your poem being featured this week Christina. Love, Carol

Kaci Jo Atteberry

Date: 1/23/2011 2:33:00 AM

I love this. So full of emotion. Take care & Keep writing. <3 Kaci Jo

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 1/18/2011 7:49:00 AM

Good morning and thank you for sharing your poetry Christina. It was a pleasure to read your poetry today and I hope you will continue to write. The best to you in your writing endeavors whatever they may be in 2011. Love, Carol