Phone

Stories I could tell

Secrets I could share

Would shame the hearts of many

Gossiping words

Sordid affairs

I am blessed to hear plenty

One never knows 

What secrets revealed

When thoughts of one receiving

This is a life

So many would covet

So many will never see

 

Tales of the rich 

Scheming and trades

Loss of love and grievance

What many will do 

At the price of a dime

Would shatter the hearts of millions

Yet I will never share 

Words received in my care

Entrusted but never forgotten

My lot in this life

To carry the strife

Words of the smitten

 

So this is my job

Believe it or not

Secrets safe with me

There is no one to share

The tales that I hear

This life is haunting me

Until I run out of storage and life

Rely solely in my favor

The life of a phone

One hell of a load

Who says that jobs are easy
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Freeman Avatar
March 25, 2010 at 4:08 PM
Joshua, congratulations on your worthy poem feature this week. Agape, Moses
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March 23, 2010 at 3:56 AM
Yeah phones! Congratulations Joshua, on your poetry feature this week. Smiles, Dane Ann
Brown Avatar
March 22, 2010 at 5:48 AM
Congratulations on your poetry being featured this week Joshua. Love, Carol
Culverhouse Avatar
March 22, 2010 at 5:07 AM
Congrats on the featured poem---well done!!
Fisher Avatar
March 21, 2010 at 12:13 PM
Many congrats on your featured piece. Rgds Janette
Owens Avatar
February 13, 2010 at 7:12 PM
From your poem you've heard and seen a lot...maybe provocative secrets!!! HUH???Very nice poem...Enjoyed...Marty
Kendrick Avatar
February 13, 2010 at 6:45 PM
That would not be good to hear what the phone lines hear all day from curses to threats to love tidbits. Great idea and topic. Keep the creative pen flowing. Sara
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