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Gypsie Boy Part One

The toot of a lute Rang through the air The carnival was uproar with laughter A little boy's eyes a much larger size at the sight of what he was after A stale piece of bread Sat in the trash It made the little boy in rag's mouth water. So he reached through the gate as soon as it got late Hoping to avoid his slaughter For stealing was a crime Even from a trash-bin They'd have his head off in seconds A guard caught his eye But before he could cry Fate thought he'd need a hero, I reckon. Some strangely dressed women appeared from the shadows and drew their shiny swords The strangers fought In the dead of night The boy was lost for words One of the women She approached the child She bent down to get another look Seeing his starvation The pain in his eyes And the energy that life's stresses had took "Come with us," Said the women With a friendly smile She offered the little boy her hand. "You'll be safe with us," The women explained "No more getting kicked in the sand." The boy gave the women a cautious look He greatly considered her offer His parents had just died Of a horrible starvation Tonight, hunger wouldn't take another The little boy agreed To join the Gypsies Together they ate and they danced They traveled from place To place to place With a merry smile around he pranced But what they didn't know Black magic was brewing The pagans couldn't sense it upon them But the hungry little boy Had always had a gift He knew when trouble was near him Immediately he ran To alert the Gypsies He said something dark was coming The pagans all stopped The music died down They'd send this enemy running With candles and an altar Some herbs and a pendant The pagan's had formed a plan They'd cast out a spell That would protect the people The animals and the land Suddenly the sky darkened Rain started to fall Their magic wasn't working With no wind blowing A candle tipped Danger was definitely lurking The fire spread through out the camp Tents burned down to ash The gypsies all panicked And fetched buckets of water These problems surely couldn't last The next two moths were full of bad luck The boy got covered by glances "These problems didn't happen" "Untill this boy came along." They said getting rid of him would raise their chances Of surviving in this Horrid world we live in They shunned him within a matter of hours The boy wandered the earth With tears in his eyes His cries rang out with power So on he walked Following the road As his gypsies had taught him Though his spirits were crushed and his body hungry Nobody in the world would stop him

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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Date: 7/10/2016 11:20:00 PM
DARYL, nicely penned. Enjoyed reading your thoughts and words today. always **SKAT**
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Date: 5/17/2012 11:24:00 AM
Part Two Coming Soon!<3
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