Should one man’s trash
Be another man’s treasure
Surely I have need of
A junk man
A junk man to mend my heart
A junk man to make me whole
Should one eye’s ugly
Be another eye’s beauty
Truly I am seeking
A junk man
A junk man to heal my soul
A junk man to take me home
Pick me out of the junk pile
See me as beautiful
Love me for myself
Miss Demure Restraint 
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October 18, 2009 at 2:59 am
oracleofthepearl
Oh, you know I love this one. Junk my thang.
October 18, 2009 at 5:31 am
old egg
What an extraordinarily sad and beautiful piece.
October 18, 2009 at 3:19 pm
patois
Amen to what Old Egg said. Very sad and very beautiful, indeed.
October 18, 2009 at 4:32 pm
bindo
Ah yass, someone to haul away the garbage called my love…
I dig this…
October 18, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Tumblewords
Finely tuned yearning – palpable with longing. Nice read!
October 18, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Linda Jacobs
I think this would make a good song! So many people could relate to it.
October 18, 2009 at 7:41 pm
Lisa WrightStuff
Something very touching about this. Lovely to read. Emotional.
October 18, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Sophie
Short and simple, but written so well as to convey your desire to be redeemed as whole and good and beautiful and not just a piece of “junk”. I really liked this!
October 19, 2009 at 5:07 am
Gel
What an interesting twist on the prompt. In search of a “junk man” to tend to this woman who has been discarded by others. Nicely done!
October 19, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Dee
this is very compelling – I really liked it
October 24, 2009 at 9:48 am
htmm
i really like this one miss 🙂 , excellent creativity !!!
October 25, 2009 at 5:13 pm
An Imperfect Servant
I know I read this once before and I can’t believe that I didn’t drop a comment then. I must have been distracted or very busy… This is an absolutely wonderful piece.
You were never “junk”. Nor will you every be.
October 25, 2009 at 6:52 pm
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October 26, 2009 at 12:07 am
Linda may
That is beautiful.
October 26, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Sara Fryd
Brandon, thank you for sending me here! This is wonderful. I will be back as Arnold says. So sweet and rythmic.
January 20, 2010 at 3:30 am
jmeg93
very nice…cool thoughts!
November 23, 2011 at 10:44 am
♡ The Tale Of My Heart ♡
lovely, A junk man to heal my soul, A junk man to take me home and very interesting healing 🙂
November 23, 2011 at 3:53 pm
Miss Demure Restraint
I’m glad you liked in Zahir. With all the lovely poetry on your blog, I take this as the highest of compliments.