Baltimore Art Rising Poem Design
Collaborative project between Baltimore City School students and Maryland Institute College of Art Type 2 Students.
"I Once New a Boy" by Roman Hawkins
I once knew a boy
Who feared the razor
I once knew a boy
A boy who was called a faggy
I once knew a boy
He held all the painful words like a tape recorder but always kept a smile
I once knew a boy
He broke his own heart
He was pushed thrown and broken
But he just smiled
I once knew a boy
He said fuck it and turned to drugs
Grades dropped quicker a gun shoots
I once knew a boy
coming home stoned every day just to cope with the pain
Should I ended it he said
As the knife cuts deeper pain goes away
He cut to deep
Blood rushes out of his arm
I once knew a boy