Alone

Cold and alone
Without a home

No one to call mommy
No one to call daddy

Living day to day
Starving to survive

And empty stomach churns
And empty heart yearns

For the life that was lost
And left behind

No worm house
No big meal

Cold and empty
Living out and alone

Starving to survive
Living with the emptiness inside

Warmer days ahead?
Brighter days ahead?

Maybe. . .
But first. . .

She’ll freeze alone
Cry alone

Be empty and alone
Homeless and scared

Living every day
Just to survive

For the life that was lost
And left behind

In another world
When things mattered

When there was no cold
And no alone