• "Homeless"

    Hidden by shadows,
    Down dark alley ways,
    Cardboard is my refuge,
    Where I spend all my days.

    Water drips, mud splashes,
    What dirt and grime cake,
    A filthy mess is what I am,
    With nothing left to take.

    Mother and father have gone away,
    To look for a better life.
    One more cheerful, one less sad,
    No pain, no hate, no strife.

    Even the sun seems to hide from me,
    The sky is perpetually gray.
    Mommy came back, but Daddy's still gone,
    She said that we have to stay.

    Mommy, I hate this.
    But it's all I've ever known.
    Where's the sun, mommy?
    I feel so alone.

    "Just be happy," Mommy says,
    And pushes me back.
    But mommy, what's happy?
    "It's something we lack."

    --C