Abandoned child

I don't know, how I grew this old,

My parents sprinkled blue in my eyes,

Escaped leaving me in world's garbage,

Walked on the hot pan with bare foot,

slept on the ice floor with undressed body,

A slice with green jam in a scented bin,

Left out coke in a crushed tin,

Was a delicious dinner I had till now,

I proudly say I worked for the World,

Picking the recyclable plastic on the roads,

Filled the bag of my life on back,

I prayed for the brave heart and carefree mind,

I wished for the better life and helping hands,

I called back my childhood, vaporized in hot shades of sun,

There was no recorder and relation with me,

which can show and who can say,

So, I don't know, how I grew this old.

©Kranthi Kiran Ale

17/03/2016