THE BOY

My back aches
It breaks from carrying you, Boy
So many years
All your life
All my life
You hold me back
And slow me down
You keep dragging me
Down to the ground
I could have flown but for you
Keeping the past within me
Anchoring me to the long gone

I remember you
Scrambling in the dirt
And fighting in the street
But underneath you were soft
Too fast to believe
And maybe you still make me a fool
I've always told you
Toughen up, kid!
I can't afford your gullibility
I refuse to feel your fears
Or hear the voices that scare you
Do you hear me, kid?
And tell me this, Boy
Do I still see the world
Through your wide open eyes?

                                  By Phil Roberts

Reviews

[Phill Oz O'fee]

There’s an Arab proverb that states that you should write the bad things that happen to you in the sand, so that they can be easily erased from your memory. Your strong, poignantly penned piece, stirs the reader’s emotions and shares your inner creativity! Nice write .. :-)

[Phil Roberts]

Thank you very much. I appreciate you taking the time to read and comment :)

[Tracey~]

Sometimes it gets heavy carrying around the hope and dreams. The pains of regret. Over the past few years I've worked hard to let it all shed its skin away from my human frame. I can only be me in this moment.... I so get this..xo

[Phil Roberts]

Thank you, Tracey. I appreciate your comment. I too have been haunted by my past. Writing is one of the ways I use to come to terms with it.

[Sami Khalil]

Tough love i guess from a dad to a misbehaved son. Leading by example with love is very powerful...:)..............

[Phil Roberts]

Thank you. I was basically talking to the boy within :)

[Sami Khalil]

Ah, ok. You are welcome. ....::::)))

[Great Aunt Astri]

I think this is a wonderful poem ... talking to that 'boy' in you. And , please don't be too hard on him. He got you to where you are ... just sit him down on a seat next to you, and show him you appreciate him!

[Phil Roberts]

Ah, but he was always such a bad behaved kid ;)
Thank you so much for taking the time to read and comment :)

[Great Aunt Astri]

There is usually a reason for children behaving badly.
It is sad that so many 'badly behaved' children do not get help in 'remedying' whatever the problem is!

[Phil Roberts]

Oh, there were many reasons in my case....as in many others. However, life goes on and we are what we are. My way of coping was to kick back....hard! :)