<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=422395" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Good Boy</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">i was baptised a child<br>few weeks old<br>at an old church <br>ten minutes from home on foot<br>which grandma did <br>we did not have a car <br>just driven by a faith in christ<br>the cross rises so high up<br>it (the church) still stands today<br>given a facelight<br>turning from <br>a single storey<br>rectangular humble structure<br>to a round tall cathedral<br>only strong young men and women<br>could reach; alas those thirty forty<br>steps that have prevented mom<br>from going to church <br>too steep for old bones<br>i was told Christ is the Son of God<br>all 12 years of education<br>at an irish run missionary school<br>where chapel prayers, confessions<br>and important catholic days<br>filled the time table too<br>now swept by tide of time<br>a river where streams <br>and tributaries flow into<br>all the knowledge of the world<br>they threw me a koran<br>they threw me buddha's eight fold paths<br>they threw me bhagavad gita<br>all those crysal clear catholic teachings challenged<br>my world helter kelter<br>torn between heaven and hell<br>to be a good boy<br>to remain truthful <br>yet longing for the truth<br>in this blurred world<br>that shouts about miracles, god<br>from all angles</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Tiong+Chunghoo">John Tiong Chunghoo</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=422395" data-title="A Good Boy de John Tiong Chunghoo" data-description="i was baptised a child few weeks old at an old church ten minutes from home on foot which grandma did we did not have a car just driven by a faith in christ the cross rises so high up it (the church) still stands today given a facelight turning..."></div> </div> </div>

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