BOY INSIDE

Fri, 06/21/2019 - 21:41 -- tdooley

So afraid think I've lost my way

Every day in secret I would pray

Is anyone listening? what would they say

 

Some times I dream some times I lie

What I can truly be, I hide

From this boy inside

 

My darkest day my brightest nights

Looking at these words I write

Will, they ever have their own life

 

Caught in a dream caught in a lie

Finding my way through life is the real fight

For this boy inside

 

Traveled the world to know who I am

Got to learn to be my own friend

This I need to do, in this journey with no end

 

Reasons I dream, reasons I lie

What in life can I say is mine

Who is this boy inside

 

I am much older now

Living with a lifetime of doubts

Still learning what I am all about

 

Is it me that dreams or is it me that lies

Too afraid to reach for that prize

To give to that boy inside

 

©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2019

 

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