Nature of the Beast

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    • slimgrady
    • Hello fellow poets. I am originally from a very small very remote town in the woods of northern Maine.The town had a population of 560 souls.I was brought up( in what some would consider to be) abject poverty.If I was I never knew it. Simply due to the fact that everyone around me was in the same "boat".I have been writing from my teens. I enjoy the woods to this day. I hunt fish and hike whenever possible.And through the years I've learned that there is a God and that I'm not it. "SLIM"

    Nature of the Beast
    I have felt the sufferings of death
    And marveled at the miracle of birth
    I have loved and lost
    I've paid the cost
    For selling my self-worth
    I have praised God
    And cursed his name
    I've had prodigious thoughts
    Been called insane
    I've been thought of as a hero
    And I've trembled like a coward
    I've broke bread with the rich
    Had days I never showered
    I've gone to bed a hungry man
    And awakened to a feast
    For life is neither good or bad
    Its just the nature of the beast

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    Heartfelt commented on Nature of the Beast

    06-25-2009

    I like this a lot. It speaks the truth about a lot of humans...
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    WordSlinger commented on Nature of the Beast

    05-13-2009

    I very much agree, good write
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    To have great poets there must be great audiences too.

    Walt Whitman, American Poet (1819-1892)

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