The Lost Boy

They took away my life
made me all but dissapear
Kept me close, had my uses
Dominated my unrecognisable life

I'm coming out of the darkness
Gonna walk in the light
Ya aint gonna hide me no more
I'm gonna live in plain sight
Sick of keeping my head down
I'm gonna live in plain sight

The other guy has it easy
Likes to go like a girl
Not for me, not like me
I wanna live my life

Fourteen years ago
I thought I'd got it made
A pretty girl on my arm
And a life with little wanting

But they all came from inside
Girls and boys, Adults and kids
Years later the truth would dawn
I was simply one of many

But I'm gonna stand up
Dont hide the boy inside
One day your gonna need me
And everyone will see me

To work it we need balance
Dont hide the boy inside
Dont go suffocating me
I aint gonna go away

My best friend I love him dearly
I know I can never have a girl
But no-one's gonna hide me
My right is to face the world

Who survived the teens?
Put on a face for the world
Defences crumbled inside
And I held it in the world

At my last count over sixteen
Lives together equally important
The little ones no less important
Than those older than dirt

I'm not really as bitter
As these words seem to be
Jus putting my point accross
I can only ever be me

Please dont lock me away
Life is important to me
Dont want to sleep it away
Just let me be me

I'm not just here to fix things
Such treasures as a brake light
Not just the wire it up boy
A person in my own right

Todd Duncan MacGregor
December 2006

Poetry - Miscellaneous

The auld miners toun
Barren Land
The Big Pond
Ballad of George and Tommy
Boris
Bad Poetry
Bastards
Change
Making Contact
Define You
I'm Doing Fine
Dreams
Escape
What Is Freedom
Future Imperfect
I Cried At The Gates
Homeland
Homeward Bound
Iraq
Is There Not Enough Love
Just One Day
The Lost Boy
Motherhood
Michigan
Mothers
My Name Is Julie
My To Do List Is Evil
Nearly Done
One Moment
Only One Place Is Home
The Opium Flows
Over The Sea
Paddy's Market
Silent Plea
People Who Love You
Radio
Saving Our Cans
She's Special
Spectre Of The Atom
Time
Truth
Wasted Days
Christmas In The Cold
The Years Roll On