The Hut Boy

Hut boy left the house,
mom is unaware of the scene,
street kids telling stories of sighting him running out.
mom's shivering fear couldn't picture unhappy boy,
her feet dragging around, so do her eyes wavering.
she's believing in some incident caused; but
not that he caused this incident 

fellow kids reporting stories differently or somewhat similar
of the shouting school kids after school
the train track by bushes; he used to walk on
the dirty pond; he used to throw pebbles on
a hollow tree; he used to climb on
an abandoned, fallen house's wall; he used to sit on;
to see a road of carts and cars on
his buddy unfolds a story of;
his loving the faded green car; always going to left

Oh, that heads to the city, mom screamed.
there's nothing by the pond or tree or house or track
kids scared my son or might force him or abuse
he might have gone after the green car,
he might be in the city.

we need to go to the city, we need to go to the city;
facing dad by mom, we must go to the city;
because my son is in the city.

The city is full of defeats and unending paths,
lots of cars and some green cars,
lots of kids and none like her boy.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Agustin Avatar
May 7, 2022 at 12:45 AM
Thanks for sharing this. Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." God bless you.
Saleem Avatar
May 10, 2022 at 8:19 AM
Thank you and the True message of God from the 1st Chapter of the Quran, "In the name of God, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. Say, “He is God, [who is] One, God, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, Nor is there to Him any equivalent.”
Gunda Avatar
May 5, 2022 at 8:39 AM
Good job.
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