Orphanhood
ORPHANHOOD
There’s only a life to have
Why yours are all warm,
But mine’s cold without care?
No parents to have?
No birthday and name?
No relatives and friends?
No hometown to recall?
Oh NO and NO! So cruel!
Tightening down my body
Shivering out my soul
Blowing away as dust
To a twilight future!
I walk in the dark,
Search for hands that lead the way
O dear, Dad and Mom!
Dad seemed know nothing!
On earth, here I am!
Mom turned to her back
Left away the new-born
O thou, an orphan I am!
I strive for my long, long life
Count each day to pass
Wish my life could miss
The only day I was abandoned!
Here and there, loving arms
Hold me tight to caress
But I need the only ones
Could hold my heart from bleeding!
If there is life after
A tree I wish to be!
As the trees did not deny
Their sons and daughters coming into this world.
Of being an orphan I am not afraid!
Dec 2020
Copyright © Dong Tri Luu | Year Posted 2020
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