HE WENT AWAY?

It was a normal sunny day

Carl got ready for school

he was a happy go lucky lad

and to his friends was cool.

Always helping others

a loved and cared for child

no one he knew around him

were off the track ,or wild.

If you needed any chores done

Carl was the boy you'd ask

nothing was below him

any job or task.

He was awarded the nicest guy in town

people flocked around to pay tribute

pensioners kids and parents alike

pleasantries they would distribute.

Then one day he disappeared

had gone without a trace

his pictures were posted everywhere

far flung they knew his face.

His parents were distraught

no one could believe he had gone

tears filled the town in tidal waves

everyone was forlorn.

Ten years passed his picture still hung

on trees, lampposts, and stores

eventually the Police gave up

and stopped knocking on the doors.

What had happened to this lovely lad

he wasn't involved in drugs

nor did he have any vices they said

he wasn't involved with thugs.

A statue now commemorates the boy

and to this day it still remains

all the Townsfolk loved this boy

A lad who had some brains.