Firehouse Basket

He waits, 
Abandoned alone,
Motherless in a basket
Swaddled in a strangers
Clothes.

Staring at the sunrise, 
With wide newborn eyes.
Motherless in a basket, 
And still has yet to cry
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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