never seen a boy so alive
feet like drum sticks chopping
hitting from hi-hats, to cymbal,
bass, snaring, trying not to crash
never seen a boy live so quick
leaping line to line trying to survive
from the spectre on his shadow,
until his foot hits the live rail,
never seen a live boy scream
get a medic, this is hectic;
hit electric, he essentric,
he is live, pulsating
never seen a mother crying; waiting
she hears the words 'please remain calm',
spoken by a man sworn to do no harm,
spat and overlapping like Louis Vuitton
never seen a boy live with one eye,
the other is black fried charcoal
crying ashy tears down his cheek
like a midnight bolt of lightning
never seen a boy on TV live
with his eye focused on the lens
and the lens focused on his eye;
heart leaping trying to survive
never seen a boy; I've seen half a boy,
half a man now, living, but torn in two,
but which is you? the wide eye or
the half live; the running blind fry
never seen a live boy live a life alive
when all he does is trying to survive
every day the chase continues to thrive
from the spectre on his half-shadow
never see;
close your eye;
don't survive;
live
live
live
