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Two Little Boys In The Field
by David Pekrul
copyright 03-31-2005


Age Rating: 7 to 127

  Two Little Boys In The Field
Picture Credits:

Inspired by a mission trip to Guatemala, taken by my sister

Two little boys in the open field
Just wishing they could play,
Looking across at a nearby fence
In search of a better day.

But today they must carry water,
Like tomorrow and yesterday,
Working all day in the hot, hot sun
For very little pay.

They see all the children playing
In the school yard over there,
Skipping a rope and playing some tag,
Like they haven’t a worry or care.

Perhaps they, too, will go to school,
But it seems so impossible now,
For today they will carry water,
And tomorrow they’ll push a plow.

And then they see a motion,
For someone is waving to them,
And one little boy shyly goes to the fence
Where something is given to him.

A suitcase full of new clothing,
And so many toys he sees,
Now often he wonders, “Just how can it be
That these things were given to me”?

One person made such a big difference
In the lives of those boys that day,
But no one can tell how much good it has done,
And no one can really say.

But God knows, and God sees, and God will reward,
For this thing was done in His Name,
And as for those boys, well God only knows
If their lives will be ever the same.




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04-01-2005 David Pekrul    

A special thanks to Anthony Lane Stahlhut for sending me an e-mail with his critique. I have taken some of his suggestions and made edits to this poem.
Thanks Anthony.
04-01-2005 Anthony Lane Stahlhut    

This is a great picture and poem. I have been to Guatemala. You feel like you are back in time there. The children work all day for only a few dollars. We went up the mountain to the lake that was made by a volcano impolding. It is so beautiful there. Thanks for this, Anthony
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