Heart of Stone

Today I found a heart of stone

Just lying on the ground

I picked it up to hear it beat

But it didn't make a sound

I wondered who had left it there

Some poor heartbroken soul?

A heart that's forgotten how to love

And turned as black as coal

Today I found a heart of stone

Just like the day before

I put it in my hiding place

And quickly shut the door

I wondered who had left it there

This heart so petrified

And how long did it suffer,

Before it finally died?

Today I found a heart of stone

A "You don't love me shrine"

It hurts too much to pick it up

This heart of stone is mine

Reviews

[Mary]

Wow! I have come across heart shaped stones, but never thought of them in this perspective. Amazing poem. I love the the simplicity, the flow, the compassion in this poem. I think the next 'heart" stone I find I will not just pass it by. Perhaps that can also be said about the "stone hearts" in our lives?

[Emerald Seas]

A hard look at one's soul. Such a hard thing to realize, yet... the line "It hurts too much to pick it up" leads me to believe that heart hasn't completely turned to stone. The owner maybe has lost the ability to see clearly or hear well enough to capture that faint beat?

This is amazing !! I Love the beginning !

[Extant]

How many people realize too late that love is needed?
I much perfer the idea that a heart of stone is dead rather than a heart of stone is someone who refuses to love, it's a bit more sad (sadder?) . . . But the heart is fragile and strong at the same time . . . and will go in search of those alike to find comfort.

~Quate

[Suditi]

Oh man!
So intense!
So profound.
Amazing write.

[Sydnye Louise]

This gave me goosebumps... and that only happens when I read something incredibly amazing. This is a GREAT write. Awesome job.

[Brandon S. Whitten]

I felt the heart of stone come back to life in these words brilliantly written. Namaste.

Amazing rhyme scheme and meter, I sang your poem out loud, and it echoes still! Nice job here! poignant core of words.

E.L.

[just is]

This is simply amazing,
I love the flow & rhyme scheme.

[patricia]

the images, the voice, the flow all so good. I was particularly moved by the word shrine in...A "You don't love me shrine" it conjured the idea of idolising a mindset. Nice write. Enjoyed.