This boy <br /> Once kingly proud <br /> Impatient to knight each dragon down <br /> Chased after manhood <br /> Over butterfly meadows of the heart. <br /> <br /> But like moth to flame <br /> Could not resist each lover’s lure <br /> Embracing love's burning <br /> Trying to appease a relentless hunger <br /> Before perishing alone and forgot.<br /><br />Colin Ian Jeffery<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/this-boy-8/
