A Lonely Child

A lonely little child so cold and alone

Waits for a smile and a hand to hold

She is pushed away with a slap on her face

And words that she knows are said with hate.

What must she do to hear a kind word

Just once! so that she knows someone cares

She has no mum or dad so left alone

She must survive the long lonely years.

She is told she is bad like her mum

But this little girl has done no one wrong

She hopes one day to find her mum

To find out what wrong she had done

that was so bad

This lonely little child cries for help each day

But no one hears her so alone she must stay

No love does she find in this house so cold

If only there was someone for her to hold.

She has vowed not to do to her children

What was done to her as a child

Will this little girl know how to love?

When all that she knows is hate and hard words

Which are all kept inside.

This lonely little child hopes one day she will find

Someone to love her and to tell her they care

To take her hand and to hold her near

To say the words she longs to hear

I Love you, I am here for you and I care.

Copyright@ 2001 Ann Thompson

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