A Child Forgotten Like the frosted stone wall, his heart is cold. He�s lost, forgotten, alone. The boy who�s so brave, so bold, This lonely tough kid...alone. His mother abused him His daddy used him His sister dead By a shot of lead His brother pushes drugs (Never hugs) And now he�s all alone. Lying on the pavement, he pulls his knees to his chest And shivers in the freezing air He gets by on what he can But still his wallet is bare Drop a quarter in his cup He�ll look at you and nod Drop a dollar in his cup He�ll softly say, �Thank God.� He could be rich, he could be famous He could have been a star But he values his anonymity More than money by far He only wants a second chance At being the good son When he finds a loving family, Then he�ll know he�s won.

Loneliness is white Sounds like everything but you Tastes like unsweetened chocolate Smells like water Looks like someone else�s smile It makes you feel worthless

but can�t cry anymore; my tears have dried. looking up to the mirror I see inside I can see through the girl in the mirror She�s empty except for a pounding heart the bruises it shows, the kind on your soul. but if I scream my mother will come and try to calm me I don�t want to be calm, I want to cry and scream and break things shattered glass but instead of screaming I draw angels on the paper in front of me the angels I want to be I will never be free from pain the glass in the mirror lies it shows a girl looking, crying, sniffling but the girl is me and I have no feeling nothing left to cry, my heart is numb the mi