A Boy's Journey

For someone that I know well. He knows who he is.

Into this world a boy did come
With passioned heart
And loving soul
He grew alone, his dog and he
Companions in the summer sun

Pepper trees and springtime ball
The smell of lazy days gone by
Nose against the window pane
Mother's car a mile away

He dated not, but loved no less
A dark haired beauty, friend so true
The promise to remember
And to not forget as years go by

A father stern and mother strong
The briefest stop in Mercer town
They raised him well
With love and trust
A lasting stamp within their souls

Then headed north, the last frontier
By plane they went across the land
Rainy day, and father's words
"Welcome in the summertime"

Northern lights and icy realms
High school days and teenage crush
The boy he spent his days and nights
Within the land of midnight sun

Father Time, aging heart
His blessed dog, he did pass
A bride to be he met and wed
And three sons
God did give to him

Halloweens and frosty nights
Days that never became light
A place of peace within his heart
A special bond
That lingers still

Then from the mountains he did hear
A calling
It was time to leave
The great northwest with sky of blue
The boy
A man of troubled times

With marriage that had come to pass
A new beginning he did make
A priceless find, a lover true
And faith it came
Into his heart

With thoughtless mind he broke her once
But vowed to never do the same
Again
A lesson learned with pain
And still their love it did endure

A twisted river he has known
The Amazon no deeper
Than
The depth of growth that he has shown
Today he presses forward

For in his mind the boy did find
The things in life that mean the most
A love that's true
The grace of God
A journey lived
Continues on

Reviews

[emmajoy]

Firstly, such a ripe, winding tale of life, from innocent, life adventuring boy to a loving then, unhappy man who eventually finds the best of loves. Clever you to put that into quite a few lines.

There are some great phrases which i'll mention in the following ... going to message my suggestions, presumptious but, you did ask. Hope I've not overstepped the boundary.

[Paige Sperry]

Very well said and very well writen. You followed the life of a boy through manhood very well with its ups nd its downs. Not sure I'm much of a fan of the one word lines that you took to using toward the middle and end but otherwise I found no fault with this in the least. A great example of finding love and finding hope even through the darkest of times, well done.
Paige

[Luther]

Again, superbly written.
You have a gift with the pen. Thankfully you have let it blossom!
Beautiful presentation of a journey with ups and downs. So accurately portraying reality for many of us.
Again in the last few lines you achieve so much!
Lovely!
George x