~ A Boy to Be Seen!~

~A Boy to be Seen!~

A Boy to be seen

Lost but not forgotten,

Left behind

In 1992,

Where he's only 12 yrs old

To me!

A Ray of Hope within

To believe in his future,

When I looked to see

His will be a Fine Destiny?

A boy whose silence and good behaviour,

Left him often, overlooked by the rest of the family!

But with you I have 1 fond memory

There was that time I loved to watch,

To watch you with your brother

Quietly loving one another,

You'd sit there at the table

Playing those role playing games together,

And when you thought nobody was looking

You would pull out the paper,

And start to draw little cartoons

The one's always dancing around in your head,

Because that's what the happiness inside of you

Brought out, when the 2 of you were together,

Your beautiful boy

That loved to play,

Who lived inside

While I just quietly watched

From a different part of the room.

As for him the other younger little star eyed wonder,

I remember a few trips

Where I got to be alone with him to,

Took him to the park a few times

And to that candy store nearby.

The conversations I had with him were so nice,

He was such a lovely boy

Inside and out!

My heart couldn't help but love

What was there,

How can you not care for someone

Who is so easy to Love?

I have often thought of him through the years

And wished the best for him inside,

And hoped one day that he would get an education?

To give himself a better life

In the World Outside, find a nice young girl

And one day settle down and share,

All the beauty of the boy he was in there.

Oh to one day have a family of his own

To know first hand, where not to go wrong,

To stand strong in doing what is right...

That's all I tried to tell him

That's all I knew to say,

Don't give up on life

Don't throw Your Love away!

Such a sensitive boy

Coming from such a loud,

Crazy home and family...

That is something miraculous

In itself,

Hold on tight to that, never let it go

For you'll one day be blessed,

For holding on to what you know.

I just knew he was the one that had what it would take

To win out better then all of us, in this race known as life,

He was quiet and smart,

He tried so hard to always play his cards so right...

But still he was overlooked and ignored to often

How can it be,

To be so perfect and yet lost to others

Almost forgotten?

I understood you then as his brother

And I am glad you let me see,

So that I could one day write these words

With fond memory for us all,

If only I could give them to you both?

Lost but never forgotten

A Boy to be Seen,

I don't know where you are

And that will always be my regret,

Time I can never make up for

And how much more there would be to this story,

If I had only had the chance

Little One,

To watch and get to know you

With more time to share, in helping to shape your life!

But my life was a mess

So what could I do,

I was only 17 then too.

But I had faith, in that good boy

So true,

I knew it just had to turn out o.k.

So I did what I thought was best,

You didn't need to see my life

The path I was on...

I wanted only for the memories of our visits

To live on, Strong!

So I only hope I was around long enough

To stain in 'his' mind

To be good,

From the lessons I tried to share?

Turn out to be better than your brother and me...

Be better than EVERYBODY!

So there wasn't much more

I thought I could say,

But after some time had past

And I found these words and thoughts,

I knew I could have shared more

Of who 'I' was inside...

Because that trust

A Boy to be seen,

Would not have betrayed.

He was just that good inside

I could have shared my talent,

My words, my songs, my stories

Maybe he would have liked,

What I had going on?

But no amount of time

Can change or undo what's past,

So here I sit

And write these words for you

About the Love,

That I would have Loved

To continue to share,

And the beautiful memories

Of the good times we did share.

Thanks for that

Those private walks

And our good talks,

Thanks for keeping my secrets too

Telling me just how much,

That though you were still so young

And just starting out,

Some things just didn't need to be shared.

Such a good boy

What more can I say,

I just know wherever you are

And whatever you're doing,

That you're the one person

In that whole family,

Who's turned OKAY...

So with my fondest memories

And my warmest Love,

From somebody who cared

In a moment of time, in your life

Back when you were just a boy,

That I was happy to be lucky enough

To be there and know you right then...

I would have loved to watch you grow

And be that older sister type friend,

But I'm afraid

That these words are just going to have to do,

As I sit and remember you.

A Boy to be seen

Lost but not forgotten,

Left behind

In 1992,

Where he's only 12 yrs old

To me!

If Only I could...

REMEMBER HIS NAME?

Written by,

Jennifer Cooley!