Wild Child

Taken from my mother
nurtured in the wild
never knowing the world
as a human child
Time has brought me to
a place strange and new
lost and wandering
emotions hidden from view
A world turned upside down
people stop and stare
no one seems to notice
my feelings of despair
Return me to my home
how I long to be free
away from civilization
trying to change me
An accident of birth
who will never belong
once lost, now found
to keep me here is wrong
My home waits for me
a family you'll never know
release me before I die
it's time for me to go...

Lora Frikken ~ 1-21-06