Once I saw some boys <br />Outside a gate <br />They had come to school <br />But they were very late <br />Everywhere was closed <br />All about <br />It caused me to wonder <br />Who locked the boys out? <br /> <br /> <br />I saw a group <br />On the outside <br />It was graduation day <br />But they had come to play <br />The girls were inside ready to go <br />But for the boys it was not so <br />They were outside walking all about <br /> I asked who locked the boys out? <br /> <br /> <br />I observed some boys <br />Wasting their lives away <br />For them <br />Life was only about play <br />In school they refused to learn <br />Diminishing their ability to earn <br />Their decisions caused them to loose their clout <br />Tell me, tell me who looked the boys out? <br /> <br />I noticed a gang <br />At the corner of a street <br />They had gathered together <br />There to meet <br />Only profanity <br />Came out of their mouth <br />I asked the question <br />Who locked the boys out? <br /> <br /> <br />I found some lads <br />In a prison cell <br />Who confided in me <br />That they were living in 'hell' <br />They longed to be flourishing and free <br /> Instead they were chained in misery <br />Staked out in a desert's deadly drought <br />Will somebody please tell me who locked the boys out? <br /> <br /> <br />Too many boys all around the world <br />Are on the outside looking in <br />Reaping the harvest <br />Of their fathers sin <br />Some are tying to get in <br />But their chances seem so slim <br />So I ask with a serious, solemn shout <br />Who locked the boys out?<br /><br />howard simon<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/who-locked-the-boys-out/
