When I Was A Little Boy

[bknight47]

WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY

When I was a little boy
We played from dawn til dark
Chasing baseballs hit aloft
In our imaginary ball parks

Running fields to and fro
Shooting our toy guns
At imaginary enemies
We thought it was such fun

Playing baseball confident
One day we'd make the big’s
But never understanding
It was really one tough gig

Another gig was coming
For which we'd all been trained
From childhood unrealized
In our minds ingrained

Those childhood days so precious, few
No sooner had we grown
We're told of foreign enemies
And into war we're thrown

Young men from other countries
With dreams not unlike our own
We're thrust in mortal combat
In some distant hot zone

For what ??? I asked so many times
This senseless loss of life
What did we gain from all those wars
But sorrow pain and strife

The years have passed and here we are
Our knowledge has increased
So now we send our daughters
To die in the middle east

Before I pass I hope to see
A world in which there's peace
Where dead man's wars are distant thoughts
And higher goals we reach

Where the sacredness of human life
And the value of each soul
Of our precious sons and daughters
Their gift of life extol

When I was a little boy
Seems not so long ago
That graying hair and different eyes
Have not tarnished the glow

The dreaming of that better life
In which we don't destroy
The vision and the purpose
Of when I was a little boy

[dkdai64]

It is really very heart touching song and the wording is also very good and the song is smoothly flown according to the music. I liked this song and when I saw this here in this forum its reminding me again.

[bknight47]

Thanks dkdai64...it is a poem I wrote a few years ago, when contemplating how little we have learned from history...

[James Donovan]

Its really great mate. Its your first poem that i have read. I guess you should start writing more. You have magic in yours words. Keep it up. Thumbs Up!

[bknight47]

Thank You James...there are more, I write poetry when I am not writing my novels...B

[softprerna]

Yes..really!It is very heart touching song.

[bknight47]

Thanks for your lovely comment softprerna...B

[cobooboc]

You're too educated, I like poetry, the simple poetry, you write good.

[bknight47]

Thanks for your comment cobooboc...B

[rishabhsachan]

when i was a little boy i always play with my friends and spend more time with my mom

[bknight47]

I did too, but in my generation it ended all too soon...Thanks for your response