A Poem

An Orphan's Life

I will never know the warm embrace of a mother.
I will never know a place called home.
I will never be tucked in at night.
I will never know all is right with the world.
 

I will never play catch with my dad.
I will never feel the ocean breeze in my hair.
I will never see the sunrise from the window of a plane.
I will never own the clothes on my back.
 

I will never eat popcorn in a darkened theatre.
I will never run barefoot in a spring rain.
I will never have someone to catch me when I fall.
I will never watch fireworks explode in the sky.
 

I will never eat until I’m full.
I will never sit in a candle filled church.
I will never see a look of pride on my Dad’s face.
I will never ride a shiny new bike.
 

I will never dance at my prom.
I will never graduate.
I will never have someone to call for advice.
I will never make it on my own.
 

I will never stop wondering how my life could have changed 

                                        ~ if someone had taken me home . . . for always.