The Ball Poem

What is the boy now who has lost his ball, what what is he to do ? I saw it go Merrily bouncing down the street and then merrily over there is in the water no use to say 'O there are other balls An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boybas he stands rigid trembling staring down as he stands rigid trembling staring down all his young days into the hardour where his ball went i would not intrude on him a dime another ball is worthless now he sensed first responsibility in a world of possessions people will take balls balls will be lost alwys little boy and no one buys a ball back money is external he is learning well behind his desperate eyes  the epistemology of loss  how to stand up knowing what every man must one day know and most know many days how to stand up.                                                          . Summary .                        This poem by John  eeryma.is about losing something that you love and learning to grow up.it is about a little boy who for the first time in his young life is learning what it is like experience grief at the loss of a much beloved possession his ball to us the loss of a is of minor consequence money cannot buy back our love nor replace the things that we love . In this poem the boy ball symbolises his young day of happy innocence. In this world people will take balls just as they will take away our innocence and force us to grow up into money minded individuals. And once we lose this innocence we can can never get it back this poem goes to show how all throughout life you will be for to do things that you don't want to do and you will lose or have to give up the things that you love you have to learn to accept and let go and not cling into something that you can never have.