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Reaching
for him
was useless,
for
his hands
were too
busy
grasping
at freedom
The South Side
(a song)

Three young boys just living their lives
Grew up poor learned how to survive
Never had much never asked why
That's just how it was on The South Side

All three were happy where they were
Thought they lived the life they deserved
They all had hopes and they all had dreams
But they wanted more then they could see

Three best friends for all of life
Would each move away and take a wife
They all had children of their own
But they'd always call The South Side home

The South Side is where they'd go back
When they'd tell stories of their past
How lessons learned stayed with them
And helped three boys become best friends
The South Side is where they'd go back
When they'd tell stories of their past
How lessons learned stayed with them
How the South Side made them into men

Then one day two friends would call
And find one friend not there at all
All three together one last time
Two friends now must say goodbye

Two friends carry the one who died
Who had given them so much in life
They share the memories held inside
Of the life they lived, on the South Side

The South Side is where they'd go back
When they'd tell stories of their past
How lessons learned stayed with them
And helped three boys become best friends
The South Side is where they'd go back
When they'd tell stories of their past
How lessons learned stayed with them
How the South Side made them into men


Poem by: Carl Joseph Roberts
A true story

Please add to a few collections
 Feb 2015 Stoney
Anderson M
Family’s not only
Blood and bone
It’s being each other’s cornerstone.
Intimacy,friendliness and camaraderie among st
family
progressively ebb away into nothingness
to be replaced sadly by indifference
and irreverence over the passage of time.
However a people can make a choice
to keep the candle of love, warmth and sheer sparkle
burning
indefinitely.
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