The Boy Inside Me
I have never lost my zest for fun and laughter
Though long since I could jump a rope
Still enjoy the punchline remembered after
I have forgotten the story leading up to it
Down deep inside is this little boy
Who tells the old man, “It’s time to sit!”
I have often sought from that child advice
When new, fresher approaches are
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Categories:
boy inside, age, child, identity, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
The Little Boy Inside the Man
The little boy that cries inside the man, dry your eyes, why has trouble come for me?
Be still my soul deep from within, where terror reigns supreme.
The night seems long and bitter cold,
as day turns to night and my heart of stone.
Joy and laughter once close friends on the playgrounds of years gone by,
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Categories:
boy inside, youth, boy,
Form: Narrative
That Little Boy Inside
somewhere a small boy will pray
to be set free if he may
from the battles forced to play
and from sins for which he’ll pay
maybe he will try to run
as if tomorrows ne’er come
peer into the setting sun
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Categories:
boy inside, depression, boy,
Form: Rhyme
His Little Boy Inside
Behind the rough and gruff facade,
amongst the sternness and the pride.
Along with calloused hands and the scars
A little boy still resides.
in spite of responsibilities,
the hard days, daily grind.
There within a man full grown,
that little boy still hides.
In the crooked grin, stuck out chin,
mischievous twinkle of the eyes.
Crazy antics, chances taken,
a little boy joy rides.
Eat one
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Categories:
boy inside, husband, boy,
Form: Rhyme
The Boy Inside
It was early April and his day was just to begin
Fresh from tears he rose to his feet
The morning mist sprinkled a chill down his back, again she would fail
As in his vision nothing stood between
Hard, trying to fit
Always in sight fo what was to come his way
Many hearts came to judge
But he stood still
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Categories:
boy inside, adventureheart, longing, heart, boy,
Form: Free verse