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::: The Boy Within :::

Through the years I could always,
call on the boy within.
To come to my aid as needed,
that’s how its always been.
Its nice to know I can summon,
that boy who lives inside.
He’s been there lo these many years,
helping to stem the tide.
It seems I need him more these days,
and he knows the reason why.
The passing years have added haste
to the time he has to buy.
The longer days remind me of the debts I must fulfill.
So I call on him more often now,
just as he knows I will.
At times he helps me to recall
youths tender loves and lies.
Those days when passion shined in all your women’s eyes.
He takes me to another day,
I'm with my friends again.
A brand new bike, a game we won,
I thought it would never end.
But lately when I urge him onto relive a treasured day,
he doesn’t seem to be as quick
to let me have my way
I know the day is coming
when he wont appear on call,
that little boy who lives in me and makes me walk so tall.
But alas, it happens to us all,
and will ever end my ploy.
When we have to say goodbye,
the old man, and the boy..

Written by: ~ Clayton