A Home I’ll Never See

- A Home I’ll Never See-
by Keaton Foster



In a town
In a place
Closer still
Yet far away
A home
I’ll never see
An ideal
Only dreamed
Unbelieved
Other kids
Run and play
Wasting the day
Related
We may be
They don’t know me
They have no idea
I am one of them
A chosen few
Minus me
Discarded
Thrown out
Tossed away
Left in a place
Not belonged
Never a home
No child
Should face
What I’ve seen
My entire life
A mistake
An unforgivable sin
Or so it’s been said
I’d like to think
That God makes none
I was given away
Stuck in cageless cage
Offered as an option
For unbearable humans
That never came
To rescue me
A home
I’ll never see
Too far to walk
Too great to crawl
I’ll remain here
Just beyond the perimeter
On the outside
Looking in
Pretending I’m them
When that is exactly
What I am
Blissfully unaware
They’ll never know
That I existed
But of course
While I’m alive
I’ll never forget
I wish
There was more
That I could say
Always at this point
This feels incomplete
But I understand
Far more than most
That in life
There are some things
That are better left
Unfinished…



A Home I’ll Never See
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2016.