The Boy (Poetry)

by Joshua Packard, JRP Songs

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Born and raised
Never the same twice
This child tased
With rolls of loaded dice
A grown mind crazed
Never naughty nor nice
His eyes glazed
With a layer of thin ice

Here's the boy
Told not to question
His mind to headway
Into a cliche

The sky it snowed
And from it came hail
Til his eyes showed
Nothing at all

Here's the boy
Beat into attention
His face wiped clean
Of childish gleam

A warm heart
But cold skin
Save the lost boy
Before he breaks again

Here's the boy
Starved into disillusion
And the thought
Of love not taught



Copyright (C) Joshua Packard 2004