A Sad Poem: "Little Boy"

"Little Boy"

Little boy who dances

not the drummer from the song

This one stands tall, head high, all wrong

He never got a chance

Little boy who answers

pleads a favor of the strong

but this one fails, and breaks, all wrong

She never had the answer

It's a tragedy

But who's to blame

The dream giver or dreamer

or the one who ran away?

Little boy who reaches

not so young this time around

asks for nothing but the impossible ground

to carry her feet

Little boy who understood

all the pain and the let downs

knowing the miles of ground

would never make her bleed

It's a tragedy

But who's to blame

The dream giver or dreamer

or the one who ran away?

Her failing and breaking make it all wrong

And who can cross the distance

To save a boy without a chance?

It's a tragedy

But who's to blame

The dream giver or dreamer

or the one who ran away?

or the one who ran away?

Little boy who dances

not the drummer from the song

This one stands tall, head high, all wrong

He never got a chance

Little boy who answers

pleads a favor of the strong

but this one fails, and breaks, all wrong

She never had the answer

Only the dreamer

She was only the dreamer

Such a tragedy

And who's to blame?

The dream giver or the one

the one who ran away?

I originally wrote this on 12/9/09

by Elizabeth Azpurua