A Lonely Boy

The little boy has just turned three

Sitting alone on the front door step

Sobbing sadly, no one to see or hear

His home is empty except his cat


He doesn’t know where his folks went

His mother never left him alone before 

Now she has gone away for days

Helplessly he cries for her quick return


On the hill overlooking the boy’s house

Are his family gathered to bury his mother

They deliberately keep him away  

To avoid his witness of this saddest moment


By Shih-Fang Wang

From: United States