There was a boy

There was a boy
no one adored,
we only chanced
to see him more.
His golden hair
did softly shine,
his sparkling eyes
did spark, divine.
His lips did move
without a sound,
his smile downcast
as he looked around.
He looked about,
a distant gaze,
he wasn't really here,
a haze.
You saw the shell,
his arms afold.
An inner secret,
never told.
This boy was brighter
than the sun,
his hopes,
his dreams,
his love undone.
Trapped within
a cloistered cell,
his family life
a living hell.
He only hoped
to one day leave,
he didn't speak,
he barely breathed.