All Nonfiction
- Bullying
- Books
- Academic
- Author Interviews
- Celebrity interviews
- College Articles
- College Essays
- Educator of the Year
- Heroes
- Interviews
- Memoir
- Personal Experience
- Sports
- Travel & Culture
All Opinions
- Bullying
- Current Events / Politics
- Discrimination
- Drugs / Alcohol / Smoking
- Entertainment / Celebrities
- Environment
- Love / Relationships
- Movies / Music / TV
- Pop Culture / Trends
- School / College
- Social Issues / Civics
- Spirituality / Religion
- Sports / Hobbies
All Hot Topics
- Bullying
- Community Service
- Environment
- Health
- Letters to the Editor
- Pride & Prejudice
- What Matters
- Back
Summer Guide
- Program Links
- Program Reviews
- Back
College Guide
- College Links
- College Reviews
- College Essays
- College Articles
- Back
Clever boy
Clever boy,
hair in your eyes,
smile on your lips,
the whole wide world
at your eager fingertips.
So anxious for adventure—
with every step you take
you edge closer and closer
to a hundred-foot drop.
Your dreams are all of danger,
of dancing on a high-wire.
You long for loneliness
and wish for nothing more
than a burden to bear all on your own;
to journey into every storm
and climb to every mountain top;
to prove you are invincible—
untouchable—
inimitable—
the last of your kind.
Clever boy,
laughter in your eyes,
truth on your lips,
everything you’ve ever wanted
waiting at your fingertips.
So certain of your future—
hands that never shake
hold on tight to a beating drum
of an unbroken heart.
Your days are bathed in sunlight,
childhood summers
that bleed through past winter.
You journey into every storm
And climb to every mountain top.
Slayer of dragons, architect of dreams,
your life sprawls out before you,
a build your own sundae buffet—
everything you could ever want;
the world is yours to make, Clever boy,
but it is also yours to break.
Similar Articles
JOIN THE DISCUSSION
This article has 0 comments.