Little Boy

Little Boy wonders
if a dream can come true,
if he can always stay small.

Little Boy wonders
why his face needs a shave;
he hasn't yet learned how to crawl.

Little Boy wonders
why he's forced to grow up,
and doors are locked from behind.

Little Boy wonders
if his children can see
the nightmares at work in his mind.

Little Boy sits
in his house on the hill,
staring into his coffee and cream

and wonders why time
has robbed him of life
and stolen his Little Boy dream.