Little Girl Lost Writing Found
Little Girl Lost Writing Found
Growing up on the streets
Wasn’t something a young child should have to do
A girl non the less, but when you don’t know
Who your father is
Your mother out there in the world
In love with that pipe
The drugs, the pain
The last time I saw her
She didn’t even know my name
I was on my own
I was determined to make it
Never gave up, never knew how
I started learning things about myself
I had to learn to lie
Lie, like I never thought I would ever have to do
How else could I explain
How it was possible for me to be in school all day
Homeless at night, I was just a child, “Where were my parents?”
Who got me ready for school each day?
I blended in like the other kids
The lost soul of a child, I started writing
In between homework, and finding my next meal
Finding somewhere safe and clean to sleep
I wrote about everything, anything, I wrote real life
I wrote about struggles, I wrote short stories
I graduated from high school, into college
The thing I’m most proud of, that I wrote myself
off of the streets, into my first home, I wrote a name for myself
I wrote to save my life
I was once a little girl lost
My writing found
