Abandonment Poem by Chelsea DeVries

Stroller sits under
a tree
draped in moss
and full of aged
leaves.

No baby or parent
in sight
as I look out
the window in the sky.

My heart sympathizes
because it’s been here
before,

Left alone
in the darkness,
with no light
or décor.

No blanket to warm me
as I stood in the cold
no voice to calm me
no hand to hold.

The mirror of life
showed me the truth.
You were a weed
with no definite root.

Off in the distance,
I see people afar;
Can they see
My heart;
A dim but glistening star.

It’s still together,
Whole
No matter the bruises,
Scars, the empty hole

You left.

In the stillness
I hear the most
Beautiful sound

God’s voice resounds.
I hear Him say:

Child, I love you
You I will never
Forsake.

So, I walk an unpaved road
Past the lost souls
but God
has found me;
saved me from
your blistering cold.

I pray someday
The mirror of life
Shows you the way

To the fiery furnace.

May you forever pay
The price for all
You did to me.

Enjoy the hell
You put me through
The roller coaster
With no tracks;
The dire view.

Your world without me
Won’t be the same
Come to think of it,
What was your name?

Friends become enemies
As I survive
While you
Forsake ever being alive.

Goodbye all the pain
Goodbye all the tears
Rest in peace, S-O-B
Here lies my past fears.

Sunlight appears
A new day
With God by my side,
I’ll stand and be BRAVE.