Where the Sidewalk Ends
today I think that I’ll take a nice long walk
to where the sidewalk ends
and look to see and imagine what adventures
may await me
when I grow up and become a man and move away
to where I don’t know
but today I will have to stop where the sidewalk ends
wondering what is out there in the world to see
I can only imagine what adventures await me
will I go on to school or maybe a college some where far away
perhaps the military is what I will do
and see the world beyond where the sidewalk ends
or is marriage in my future and then become a dad
will I marry a girl as beautiful as Janet Light that would be nice
or will a single life be my choice not to be married at all
and live my life alone and travel from sea to shining sea
but today I’ll just stand and stare out there from
where the sidewalk ends and then I’ll walk back home
I think I can hear my mother calling me
perhaps tomorrow I will return here to where the sidewalk ends
and wonder again what is out there waiting me
Dennis H. Davis
Poetry contest "Three Gems"
date written Sept.10, 2010
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