Wonder

I knew a boy when he was a child
And had no teeth or hair and couldn't speak
And had bright eyes that got brighter whenever he saw something new
And held someone's hand whenever he wanted to
He grew up to be six feet tall
Thin and lanky, with a beard and all
And started thinking more about
What he really wanted in life
For himself and the people around him.
At first he thought he wanted to be
Like those people they show on TV
So he dressed well and learnt to play the guitar
And found himself a very good-looking girlfriend.
But the clothes were always black
And he left his guitar on the train
And nobody bought him a new one because he wasn't all that good with it
And the girl said she met someone new.
He let it all slide and lived on
But only because that was all he could do.
He didn't completely give up, though
And went on asking what he really wanted.
He got a little older
Things changed and he thought
That he just wanted to get a good job
And wanted that prices stay down,
Tragic jams vanish and his boss not he so mean.
But prices went up every year
And they made a new car that everyone could afford
So now traffic jams would never go
Because more people had cars out on the road.
Then came the year when people lost their jobs
And his boss said, "This company can't afford you anymore"
So he spent months looking for another job
And eventually found one that had very long working hours but didn't pay much.
He got by all this but it took away a part of him
And now the grass wasn't so green anymore to him
And the sky wasn't wo blue
Because his world had just lost a bit of its color.
He did what everyone does
Found a lady who wasn't quite like the first girl who found someone new
But he still liked her very much.
So he married her and they had a son.
That was when he finally realized hat he wanted in life.
He just wanted his bright eyes back
The ones that brightened up every time he saw something new
So that the world wouldn't be so ordinary and colorless anymore
And he wanted to hold anyone's hand he chose to hold
Anywhere and anytime he felt like it.
But he couldn't anymore because he was grown up
And everyone expected him to be mature.
So he looked at his son and saw that the baby
Had no teeth and no hair and couldn't speak
And the baby's eyes brightened up whenever he saw something new
And that was how use realized that
Marvel and wonder weren't yet lost in the world.