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.