A poem about the inner struggle.

My little brown friend..

Your contents I spend.

In hopes to forget,

The day’s hard hit.

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Your taste is now sweet,

How fast you deplete.

A heart in fear,

When seen in the mirror.

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When done and thrown away,

A feeling kept at bay.

Shows its ugly head,

Like the rising dead.

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A prayer to be lifted

From a voice un-gifted.

To break and stay

From a childish way.

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A fleeting chance at grace.

Not able to save face.

Must be humble and true,

For the devil is after you.

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  • PSingh1990 on Aug 25, 2010

    Great Poem.

  • mysocalledlife on Aug 25, 2010

    lovely poem but a mystery, like a riddle…. i’ll read this again after i sleep maybe, after that i’ll figure out what’s behind the struggle..

  • Joseph Scott on Aug 25, 2010

    Thank you Psingh and mysocalledlife.. If you figure it out let me know! haha

  • GodsGrace on Aug 25, 2010

    Great Work dear

  • sandcastle on Aug 26, 2010

    nice poem. love it!

  • heidiefernandez on Aug 26, 2010

    Little Brown friend…..is this a guessing game… or something…..now… really craving for that answer……

  • Joseph Scott on Aug 26, 2010

    Ok.. I’ll give a clue. “My little brown friend” is an object that something else is put into.

  • Kaye TM on Aug 26, 2010

    nice one! liked it. =p

  • Lipstick on Aug 26, 2010

    what or who is little brown friend :)
    nice poem , got me confused although its really a nice poem
    :)
    hope someday u will tell us what it is..

    ♥Lipstick♥

  • Likha on Aug 26, 2010

    I am puzzled J, as much as I am puzzled with your profile photo. But I’ll make some”dumb” guesses.heheh. Is your little brown friend your wallet? And your profile photo, your best facial angle? haha! Told you they were dumb guesses. Entertaining piece.

  • Michal Dorcak on Aug 26, 2010

    Nice poem. Though, I am a bit puzzled too. Also did not get what that little brown friend was. One thing came to my mind, but that’s surely not the case …

  • Joseph Scott on Aug 26, 2010

    Thanks Kaye, Lipstick, Likha and Michal!! :) Ok, I will tell you the “big secret”.. “My little brown friend” was a 22oz beer in a paper bag that I had… I know, silly. But I try to look for inspiration from everywhere..
    Thanks again for liking this :)

  • TommyP on Aug 31, 2010

    Hello J! I’m not sure why, but suddenly I could really go for a beer! No riddle to me… Maybe because it takes one to know one…
    Excellent piece! Thanks for sharing.

  • Joseph Scott on Sep 1, 2010

    LOL Tommy.. I think you’re right! :)

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