The Forgotten Child
I recognize your faces
You pass me everyday.
Crossing the street to avoid me.
Jeering eyes cut into my soul
My pride died long ago.
While you work I’m working too
Moving from corner to corner
Praying for a miracle to come
Dealing with deafening regrets.
I long to walk with you
For just one day.
As the clock strikes five
You all pass me again
Can you spare some change?
I feel your eyes avoiding mine
I have a family out there
But their eyes avoid me too.
An embarrassment to them.
An embarrassment to you.
I deal with it every day.
I hate what I’ve become
But I’m so very numb now.
I fall asleep with my decisions.
Just as you do.
Good night Society.
If you wake up and I’m not there
Don’t worry.
Wherever I am now,
Is better than where I was.
If there is a heaven,
I’ll greet you there where
You can see me for what I really am.
As God sees me.
And if not,
I hope that comfort
Keeps you warm and safe.
Someday death will come
And you’ll have to ask yourself
If you had any regrets.
And you’ll have to face what I face
Everyday.
Tomorrow.
Copyright © Tammy Armstrong | Year Posted 2005
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