The Boy at the Key

Based on a song "Innocence & Experience".

The boy at the key,
A shinny penny &
apricot tree,
A song waits in his
heart,
He waits three years
for a ship from the sea,
The far, far, sea
Dreaming of toys
never seen
Waiting for a red hair
sailor who has toys for thee

The sailor dead,
The ship shot up
He contemplates his song
His long, long song,
The melody plays again,
He looks skyward,
What toys he says,
What toys?
Where are the children
I use to know.

Reviews

[Alfred Kukitz]

Two memories from this song: a Vietcong boy bound behind his back with a MP standing guard aside of him. Giving candy out in a Vietnam village. Thanks for the visit!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

"where have all the flowers gone, long time ago"

and where have all the fathers gone, and their promises of toys?

long time passing...and passed....
war is so far reaching in its sorrow...