Chains of the Heart

By Marc Leuchten

Emotions are the center pieces in everyones life. We all have them and we all try to hide them. The boiling tides of anger to the confusing waves of love and the empty wandering fields of self-doubt. They are constantly tearing us in hundreds of directions.

Chains of the Heart is a poetry book full of these emotions, fully free and gripping. They talk of love, rejection, self-doubt, and life and death. Who knows maybe you will find yourself in these pages.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Oct 31, 2012
• ISBN: 9781477282083

Marc Leuchten

Marc Leuchten loves writing poetry on his free time along with fiction stories. He loves reading and of course writing. Marc lives on his own in Jefferson City, Tennessee. His writing usually is inspired by friends and family and the nature around him. He has a fascination with trees which will constantly show itself in his writing

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© 2012 by Marc Leuchten. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

Published by AuthorHouse 10/25/2012

ISBN: 978-1-4772-8207-6 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4772-8208-3 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2012919700

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Contents

Chains of the Heart

Love Poems

Rejection

Life and Death

Inner Struggles

Silly Poems

The Extra Links

Dedicated to my niece, Katelin Zoey, in hopes she will love

reading as much as I do.

Chains of the Heart

Our hearts are bound

by thousands of chains.

They represent all emotions

from love to pain.

Chains that cross valleys

and bond through fire.

Chains that are steel strong

or as thin as wire.

These chains are everywhere

that people can be found.

They connect us to those

that are all around.

They leap from heart to heart

in a marvelous way.

They are ever present

every single day.

Rejection is the enemy

as it breaks the chains.

Yet also beware of the morphing

chain of pain.

Those who look closely

will notice a new art

in the form of the patterns made by

the chains of the heart.

Love Poems

Becoming A Tree

Love is something I’m denied,

And never freely given.

The reason why I do not know

For it is always hidden.

I do hope,

But that’s a word without real truth

And I can’t believe for

I have never had proof.

She is different then all the rest

And that is easy to see.

Is she my hope? Is she my dream?

Is she truly right for me?

I can’t tell. I don’t know.

I’m a poet lost for words.

My poems only break the waves

And this answer I have never heard.

So this poem is written

Strictly for her.

The end result?

I’m not sure.

Here I go

Into the unknown.

This is what your worth to me…

Your like a book I want to read

With a life that blossoms free.

You’re my sun that feeds

Me with your smile,

And the brightness you

Push into my eternal dark.

I’m stuck with no where

For me to go.

You gave me an escape.

I want to cry and laugh.

Scream for all to