The Promise
Cold and hungry, lonely and lost,
You have loved but, oh, what a cost!
Innocently loving who cruelly abandoned you.
Wandering and trembling with fear,
shying from all those who come near
In dark alleys you will lie
No one there to hear you cry.
Believe me, I once was like you,
All alone and desperate, too.
No one to understand
or even lend a hand.
If your broken heart could still bear
to be open, then you would hear
Sweet words to you from me
Offered to you lovingly
I'll never abandon you.
to your dear heart I'll be true
I will never turn away,
or your frail trust betray.
Burned by sun, and chilled by the rain,
body scarred and throbbing with pain
rummaging through rubbish cast
by the strangers rushing past.
Matted hair and filth on your feet,
shunned by everyone that you meet
if they'd only take the time
to look past the scars and grime!
Not a single growl do you make,
no act of revenge do you take.
You simply close your eyes and
mutely slink away.
Little one, if you only knew
how I yearn to reach out to you!
How I long to calm your fears,
and to wipe away your tears!
I'd never abandon you.
To your dear heart I'd be true.
I would never turn away,
or your frail sweet trust betray.
Copyright © Carol Geyer | Year Posted 2016
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