Author S. K. Nicholas

x and i: a novel

a journal for damned lovers vol 1-3

My Beard

sometimes

i get so alone

that my beard’s the only thing that

keeps me company

this scraggly old beard of mine

neither here nor there

its colour not true

too scruffy and unrefined

lacking class and style

sometimes there’s nothing more

i want

than to cut the fucker from my face

’cause its sympathy

is false

making me feel cheap

and pitied like a beggar

i don’t need it weighing me down

like a brick in the face

sat here smoking

and drinking beer

i dont know what i want

but although

my beard looks stupid

its colour disfigured and immature

it’s who i am

and who i am

suits me just fine

5 responses to “My Beard”

  1. Why not take the plunge and try cutting it? If you don’t like it, it can grow back. =)

    1. I feel naked without a beard! Sometimes I take the clippers to it, but I don’t have the heart to get rid of it completely!

  2. Love it, I found a hair on my chin last night and wish I was as happy with my whiskers as you are with yours. I’m still trying to convince myself that it was a stray from my head that had implanted but it was only half a centimeter long and my hair’s way longer than that 😦 I’m going to be a hairy cat lady for sure

    1. Haha! A hairy cat lady indeed!
      I’m sure it was just a stray hair. Must of got lost somehow, and settled for resting on your chin.
      Whenever I’ve shaved in the past, I end up looking like a twelve year old, so the beard has to stay!

      1. Haha, they do have a habit of aging people not that you notice until it’s gone and like you say the bearded guy looks like an adolescent.

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