What ever happened to that little boy?

The one who used to sit

on those set of swings

near almost every day.

The one that used to walk

around with that red balloon

making innocent remarks about

the world and the strange

looking people who inhabited it.

The one who dropped his ice cream

that sunny day in June

but did not shed a single tear

yet laughed so profoundly

that every adult around him either

stared in bewilderment

or laughed along with him.

The one who had a ladybird land on him

and set him off crying

but not out of fear

yet the beauty of such a tiny creature

and it place on this great green earth.

“Apparently he grew up”

“Oh no, don’t say that.”