ABOUT A BOY
(Patti Smith)

Patti Smith - 1978


Toward another 
he has gone 
to breathe an air 
beyond his own 
toward a wisdom 
beyond the shelf 
toward a dream 
that dreams itself 

about a boy 
beyond it all 
about a boy 
beyond it all 

from the forest 
from the foam 
from the field 
that he had 
known 
toward a river 
twice as blessed 
toward the inn 
of happiness 

about a boy 
beyond it all 
about a boy 
beyond it all 

from a chaos 
raging sweet 
from the deep 
and dismal street 
toward another 
kind of peace 
toward the great 
emptiness 

about a boy 
beyond it all 
about a boy 
beyond it all 

[ ] 
I stood among them 
I stood alone 
boy boy 
just a boy 
just a little boy 
[ ] 
just a little boy 
who will never grow