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Elijah Brown

If you don't learn to write your own story, someone else will write it for you

68 poems·Since November 2014

The passing of knowledge and wisdom is keen to our future, so why not make acquiring this knowledge a bit more interesting. I share what comes to mind although it may not make sense all of the time, all in hopes you learn from me. Maybe you'll understand something I couldn't see. So please enjoy what I write and maybe, just maybe, you'll learn something new that could broaden even your world view.

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Take It Back

November 13, 2014

Scratch that I don’t care about it anymore

the work, the fun, or even the scoreboard 

the young the meek and the bold that just seems old

cause nothing can compare to when you get your heart stole

from your soul you profess

that on this earth there isn't much time left 

but I must contest

cause when you swallow that giant pill we call pride

and really begin to look inside 

as well as dismiss those horrible lies

you will begin to realize the prize that resides

in every heart and every soul in every life and every story ever told

and now it's your turn to make that choice 

whether or not to show the world your voice

so will you fold or rise to the occasion,

and take back what they stole.

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