When does a boy become a man? <br />Only when he understands <br />that who he is has never changed. <br />His priorities are just rearranged. <br />He still likes to play <br />but he works all day. <br />He looks at girls <br />but in a different way. <br />When he fears for his life <br />he learns how to pray. <br />When he combs his hair <br />he sees some gray. <br />When he debates, then listens <br />then has his say. <br />When flirtaceous circumstances <br />won't lead him astray. <br />When he's not ashamed to cry <br />or ashamed to say <br />I'm sorry. <br /> <br />Then what we have is a boy that's a man. <br />The boy's still there, but man does what he can <br /> to restrain him.<br /><br />Edwina Reizer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-boy-or-a-man-2/
