<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=449245" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Billie Boy With Downs</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Shocked with what the doctors had found<br>That their child was born with downs.<br>I recall when I was young, that<br>our neighbor had a son.<br>He was always different from me<br>But there was something that I could not see.<br>He was born with downs<br>But always laughing and joking around.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He had the strength of 2 or 3<br>Which was amazing to me.<br>We would always play “ Johnny on the pony”.<br>There was never anything about him that was phony.<br>All of us kids wanted him on our team<br>Because he would not fall and scream.<br>He could not run as fast as us<br>But in us he put his trust.<br>His brother Nicky told us that<br>He was born that way, and was always<br>Wanting to joke and play.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He was called BILLIE BOY<br>And he was our fun and joy.<br>Billie Boy got sick one day<br>And no longer had the will to play.<br>Then to be closer to the hospitals<br>“ they moved away”.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now I am much older and I understand<br>That GOD put him in front of me<br>Because he had a plan.<br>That extra chromosome that they have called “21”<br>Makes them different from you and I.<br>But they’ll love you till the day they die. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Children with downs can do almost anything<br>That others can do, just at a slower pace.<br>But they are not in a hurry or in a race.<br>But this will have them love you longer<br>And in them your faith grows stronger.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So Billy Boy where ever you may be<br>You will always be in my memories.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Louis+Rams">Louis Rams</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=449245" data-title="Billie Boy With Downs de Louis Rams" data-description="Shocked with what the doctors had found That their child was born with downs. I recall when I was young, that our neighbor had a son. He was always different from me But there was something that I could not see. He was born with downs But always l..."></div> </div> </div>

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