What Will His Future Be
What Will His Future Be?
By Elton Camp
In a country town where I’d never been before,
I saw a young boy coming out of the seed store
Faded bib overalls he wore just as did his dad
I wondered if his life would be happy or sad
By his dress, his prospects might look quite dim
But who can know the future of a boy like him?
His eyes may show a determined, burning desire
To achieve more than just be a farm hand for hire
Do we see a coming captain of industry here,
Whom even the nation’s rulers will come to fear?
Or perhaps there will eventually come the date
When he will preside as the governor of his state
It could be, though, that a life of crime lies before
The boy may become a petty thief and nothing more
Or he may grow into a man of often drunken spree
Or he could turn to drugs to set all of his pains free
It is much mistaken to say that it’s entirely up to him
Matters beyond his control may make his life so grim
Or there may come someone to help this lad one day
A friend and mentor who’ll show him the right way
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