Not To Turn To Stone

As I set here staring at the wall
I ponder my own life's law
Looking at every thing that I own
I would trade it all not to be alone
And now that I am grown
I set and struggle within myself
Not to turn to stone

                                        Written by Joseph Adam Burchett  2/8/12
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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