Carol Henderson Poet Rhyme

Ragamuffin

Standing in the school yard
Alone and all forlorn
Trousers all threadbare
Jumper all torn
Eyes wide and frightened
Hair closely shorn.

Taunted and humiliated
Nobody on his side
No one knows the secrets
He's buried deep inside
He keeps them safely hidden
If he told they'd say he lied.

The filth and depravation
Of the place he spends each night
Unwashed,unloved, uncared for
As the world ignores his plight
Cold and hunger his compatriots
A bare bulb his only light.

The taunts and jibes they haunt him
As he lays down to his rest
Oblivious to the ramblings
Downstairs,of drunken guests
Blotting out the fear of shame
If by chance they called his name.

He dreams of being normal
To have a mom and dad who care
Of not fading to the background
Of not pretending he's not there
To have a family to protect him
Would be a reverie beyond compare.

But he'll survive the years before him
Be strong, become a man
Even though no one wanted him
He will achieve the things he can
But born as he was of mortal sin
He will always be that lonely "ragamuffin".

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Elizabeth Wesley September 17, 2011 at 9:36 AM Just amazing Carol, how you capture the sorrow of being unloved. An unusual verse that surely tugs at the heart! :)

Steven Cooke September 17, 2011 at 6:20 AM excellent write this . describes many childhoods i have known and seen this poem sums up the shame that exists in society. an important statement in these verses.