A child named Disappointment
Most of us go through our daily lives not thinking about much beyond that which we are familiar with on a daily basis, yet every once in a while we are directed to something that we know is there but we keep hidden in the back of our minds. I am just as guilty of doing the same. In 1990, I wrote a poem which is heart-breaking yet just as relevant today as it was then...about a child who was unwanted, abused and finally run away. I named him: "Disappointment" because a single word can relay so much hurt and anger, loss and loneliness. A Child Named 'Disappointment' He walks with head bent Against a cold insistent wind, His shoulders are pulled forward In an effort known as defeat. He struggles with his emotions, Humiliation and loneliness: unwanted friends, Never sparing him more than a glimpse Of life as it could be...should be. Disappointment is his only name, Born with him, beaten into him By a cruel, drunken father, Nev...