Born To Wander

July 13, 2023

Rejected by parents

forsaken alone

One choice left to make

forever to roam

The cost ever paying

their wages of sin

Steps of abandonment

traipsing within

To beg or to borrow

the future on loan

The price of tomorrow

each moment unknown

With fate chasing after

both fortune and shame

A waif born to wander

—in search of a name

(Dreamsleep: July, 2023)

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