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HOMELESS
I lost my parents in the war,
a bomb blew them away.
I don't know what I'm going to do,
I have nowhere to stay.
I wandered all alone and blue
until I found this stray.
Now we are friends, he keeps me warm,
together every day.
I'm just one orphan in this land
amongst a thousand more
who have no kin to take them in ,
helpless cold and poor.
My Mum and Dad once cared for me
when I was sick or sore.
Now I walk these wretched streets
and huddle by a door.
At least I am still in one piece,
I've not lost any limb
not like a boy just over there,
they blew the legs off him.
I used to be a well-built lad
but now I'm ultra slim.
I beg or steal to meet my needs,
my prospect's looking dim.
Why did they have to make those bombs
that caused such bitter loss?
If I had power I'd gather them
and in a fire I'd toss
every single one of them
that I could come across.
Destroy them with a great boom, bang
till they were piles of dross.
Then never would another child
experience this fate,
results of adults warring ways
fueled by bitter hate.
But here I sit, all lost and sad,
this dog my only mate.
Together huddled in the cold,
sad, hungry, desolate.
