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the boy from the docks
Contributed by
Feelin_Like_A_Sadfellow
on
Saturday, 3rd May 2003 @ 09:05:00 AM in AEST
Topic:
Lifepoems
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i asked the old man, down by the docks
where salt fills the air, and sun greets first
tell me the story, the story of the boy,
from the docks
the old man laughed, surprised to see,
a young man as i, curious to know,
about that boy
so he sits in his aged chair, and starts off…
here’s how the story goes…
“there was a youthful boy… who grew up by the docks…
his father a man of the sea… and himself bound to take the wheel…
that boy was an eager one… a boy who had dreams…
far beyond those sails…”
“a dream that would take him far… away from the docks he called home…
he didn’t know how to explain this… to the old man… that he’d rather take
to the frets… as opposed to the sails… how he’d like to sing his own song…
not walk in the tracks…”
“that little boy… kept his dreams to himself… living in the
trail his father left… he yearned to lose the ropes… and pickup
some strings… but was too afraid… he’d break his fathers…
aging heart”
“he kept to himself… this boy… finding what time was free…
to follow his road… find a new path… soon his love for… words
and melodies grew too much… for him to keep to one soul…
“and that day we lost him… his father had lost his little boy
no one had seen him since… the sails don’t fly as high… the sea has
lost its touch… when we lost that boy from the docks…”
that’s when the old man stopped, slowly wiped
away a tear, looked up at me, and he said, “that
boy was all i had… my only son… my little boy gone… “
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2003-05-03 09:05:00]
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Re: the boy from the docks
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by ladyfawn on
Saturday, 3rd May 2003 @ 03:58:27 PM AEST
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| what a beautiful poem, so moving, it took my breath away, hugs nessa |
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Re: the boy from the docks
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by shelby on
Saturday, 3rd May 2003 @ 04:21:29 PM AEST
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This is so beautiful and heartfelt!! Thank you.
Michelle |
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