Raindrops pelted the earth in fiery spill
Clouds drove away the submissive daylight
Warmth tamely surrendered to chill
It was then those eyes came into my sight!
A bare bodied riffraff hardly into his teen
He looked an absurd picture in a silent film
Standing there exposed in streaming skin
One shivering model playing rain’s victim!
But this wasn’t the way I thought like then
Myself a kid returning from school
Rain-coated and knowing no pain
Living secured under parental rule!
I just felt then something was not right
He shouldn’t have been left in such a state
A cold or a rain fever catch he might
The kid who could have been my mate!
Your mom and dad, I asked, where’re they
Leaving you in the rain to roam
Should have been indoors on such a day
And not stray off from home!
The boy it seemed couldn’t surmise
For long deprived of kindness
Filled up his eyes in sheer surprise
But soon grew saddened his face!
No dad no mom I’ve never known them
Known only to play in the rain
Live in the street without a name
Orphaned too long for any pain!
What a sad story. My heart goes out to all the children (and adults) abandoned and left out in the rain. I can only hope that God in His mercy dulls their pain. I like the concern and compassion you exhibit in poems of this nature. It says so much about you!
The sight of the boy drenched in rain suddenly brings into you the memory of your childhood when you were amply protected from sun and rain and the contrast of an orphan boy who is wildly exposed to the fury of Nature! You had caring and over protective parents! But the boy knew nothing of the warmth of a family... but the squalour of the streets! ! The dual face of life, poignantly drawn! !
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Well done on this poignant and moving poem; the details are observed with empathy and warmth of heart.