Little Boy


	*Acrylic on canvas 92cm x 92cm*

Little Boy

If I saw you then I’d cradle you

and tell you it’s ok

If I heard you then I’d comfort you

And wipe your tears away

If I knew you then I’d tell you

That whatever you choose is right

If I could I’d have offered up my hand

For you to hold at night

If you saw me now would you be angry

For all the things you couldn’t say

And if I listened now do you wish

That all the pain would melt away

You built a wall around you

Like a fortress for your heart

Disconnected lonely scared

A place so fearful and so dark

And in that place you sat

Where no-one heard your cries

Suffering in silence

As time passed slowly by

Love circled all around you

But through your pain you couldn’t see

Biting like a rabid dog

At the caring hands that feed

Do you see me now beside you?

Do you hear me call your name?

Do you know that I love you?

Do you know we are the same?

I’m standing here before you

Offering up my hand

The little boy who took it

Has now become a man

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