BOY

The boy who tried to give.
The boy who tried to sing.
The boy who tried to dance.
The boy who tried...

That boy was told not to.
"Don't walk like that"
"Don't talk like that"
"Don't behave like that"

Don't.

A word so simple, and small,
A word would overpower a seven year old.
A seven year old who just wanted to be himself
Unaware of what all it ment.
The seven year old who just wanted to live.

The seven  year old had to hide and suppress.
Because the Two he looked up to
Uttered, screamed, and beat
'Don't' into his tiny body.