A little boy sits in the street, <br />Six feet tall and size 12 feet. <br />Six feet tall and size 12 feet, <br />A little boy sits alone in the heat. <br /> <br />He gets no attention, for no one knew <br />Just what this poor lost boy was going through. <br />Just what this poor lost boy was going through, <br />Was kept a secret, a secret for you. <br /> <br />Unkempt hair, mature chin, <br />He sits depressed, still as a bin. <br />He sits depressed, still as a bin, <br />Ashen-faced and painfully thin. <br /> <br />Who does he belong to, no one knows, <br />Dirt under his fingernail’s, shoes showing his toes. <br />Dirt under his fingernail’s, shoes showing his toes, <br />No tissue to wipe his streaming nose. <br /> <br />His cheeks look like driveways cleared of snow, <br />Where tears have forged paths, with nowhere to go. <br />Where tears have forged paths, with nowhere to go, <br />This poor lost boy, feeling so low. <br /> <br />Frozen solid yet dripping in sweat, <br />His wet, swollen eyes are not met. <br />His wet, swollen eyes are not met, <br />Like an invisible gargoyle on the kerb he is set. <br /> <br /> <br />Shunned…. Excluded…. Thrown away. <br />Abandoned…. Forgotten…. Every day. <br /> <br />Hurt and anger stung and bit, <br />As he scrabbled around in the dirt and grit. <br />As he scrabbled around in the dirt and grit, <br />The loneliness, betrayal and reality hit. <br /> <br />He holds back his tears, for only children cried, <br />Now it is time to move and hide. <br />Now it is time to move and hide, <br />In life’s own court he has been tried. <br /> <br />A grip of hate consumes empty spaces, <br />It chokes out memories of people and places. <br />It chokes out memories of people and places, <br />Strangling images, his heartbeat races. <br /> <br />Finally, finally, he heard a sound, <br />Pale and desperate, he swung around. <br />Pale and desperate, he swung around, <br />This big boy lost, was a little boy found.<br /><br />Dan Brown<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/big-boy-lost-little-boy-found/
