I am a Lost Boy || Drabble
There was a time when I was alone Nowhere to go and no place to call home
“William, you need to come with us now. We are going to find you a new home.”
A new home. He remembered the older ladies voice had been kind, soft, he believed her. They were taking him to a new home. He didn’t want a new home, he wanted his Mummy, but she was gone. Forever. The woman’s kind words still playing in his head as he laid on the hard cot in the dormitory. This wasn’t a home, this was barely a house, more like a prison; a place for the foster kids to stay until they could be placed. He was seven, small for seven, but still seven and not many people wanted the funny looking red headed kid with the big ears. The older kids had been cruel to him, taking the bare few belongings he had when he came there. His Mummy’s picture, their book.
He was the youngest kid there, he and all the other boys who had already been through several homes. Who no longer had the hope of finding that forever home, that place to feel safe. They made his life miserable, it was weeks before be was able to find ways to escape, to get away from them, little places to hide, to find his own little bit of peace.
My only friend was the man in the moon And even sometimes he would go away, too
Every night he talked to God, asking for a home, asking for a place, a friend, asking what he was supposed to do. But he had faith, his Mummy told him, everything for a reason, right?
He felt at most peace when he was able to get a book, having to hide it away from the others. The older boys would take it from him, rip it to shreds, wanting to make him as lost as they were.
Then one night, as I closed my eyes, I saw a shadow flying high He came to me with the sweetest smile Told me he wanted to talk for awhile
He said, "Peter Pan. That's what they call me. I promise that you'll never be lonely." And ever since that day...
[fighting taking care of the others dyuring the day but at night]
I am a lost boy from Neverland Usually hanging out with Peter Pan And when we're bored we play in the woods
[in books no once can hurt me]
Always on the run from Captain Hook "Run, run, lost boy, " they say to me, "Away from all of reality."
Neverland is home to lost boys like me And lost boys like me are free
[the young boy grew... up... got hooked on drugs]
He sprinkled me in pixie dust and told me to believe Believe in him and believe in me
{brandon]
Together we will fly away in a cloud of green To your beautiful destiny As we soared above the town that never loved me
[Poppis is pregnant]
I realized I finally had a family Soon enough we reached Neverland Peacefully my feet hit the sand And ever since that day...
[losing Becca and Poppi, drugs to get to neverland ]
I am a lost boy from Neverland Usually hanging out with Peter Pan And when we're bored we play in the woods Always on the run from Captain Hook "Run, run, lost boy, " they say to me, "Away from all of reality."
[going to neverland while hooking]
Neverland is home to lost boys like me And lost boys like me are free
[wanting to die]
Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Wendy Darling, Even Captain Hook. You are my perfect story book Neverland, I love you so, You are now my home sweet home Forever a lost boy at last
[Escaping to America]
And for always I will say...
I am a lost boy from Neverland Usually hanging out with Peter Pan And when we're bored we play in the woods Always on the run from Captain Hook "Run, run, lost boy, " they say to me, "Away from all of reality."
Neverland is home to lost boys like me And lost boys like me are free
