What Happen to the Boy Next Door?

Tue, 03/26/2024 - 11:00 -- Greyfox

What happen to the boy next door?

The clean -cut boy who was polite and charming

What happen to the kid who had that million dollar smile?

The kid that cut the grass and went to Sunday School?

The boy next door has fallen to the waste side

The principle of good moral character hasa disappeared

The influence of the media has left a negative scar on our community

Our young men lack the drive and vision of their fathers

They want a Lexus with 20 inch spinners

They want Timberland boots and a I-Pad

They was the fly girl and the tight gear

Their beverage of choice is Moet

And their national anthem is sung bt 50 Cent

Get rich or die trying

The boy next door was charming  now he is alarming

Alarmingly rude, crude and disrepectful

How do we re-create the boy next door?

How do we breathe life back into that what was the promissing future of our community

To kill a community, you must cut off the head of its leadership

The boy next door was our future

Now the questionis will our future rise or fall?

Will the boy next door return, or will the community be refined because of his absense

We miss the boy next door!

This poem is about: 
My community

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