A thing of beauty is a boy forever

 A thing of beauty is a boy forever

Dr Abe V Rotor

Boys Fishing in acrylic, AVR

Don't grow up, don't - not yet; 

don't be a man too soon; 

if you do, the fish will no longer bite; 

silent will be the stream and trees; 

echoes of laughter in the wind mute 

and emptiness will reign. 

Don't grow up, don't - not yet; 

you'll be man when it comes, 

growing full into a sage, 

once a boy on the stream fishing, 

whiling time away in the tenderness 

of growing up, tempered by 

sweet memories that will live on and on; 

for a thing of beauty is a boy forever.~