"The Lost"

Today it seems I lost a friend indeed
More of a trusting soul looking up to me in need
Not the frantic lost person wandering around
But the quiet defeated locked and bound

Looking up to me asking a question
I not minding giving her no attention
She is just asking a question
I distracted lost in my position

In her own way she answered her queries
Ignoring me, she is lost to the fairies
By the time I noticed her she has locked herself away
Calling I could not reach her, she is locked to stay

Today I lost a friend
My own child into the trend
If I just given time to answer
How I wish now I could tell her how much I love her

A simple question a little child would ask
Just asking to answer not a task
Ignoring her she has walled herself away
Even calling forever now her I can't sway

I thought she knew I love her
All the things I have to be hers forever
All the advantages to better her position
Then I realized I hadn't answered her question

Now I know what has been taken
The question had been forsaken
Wealth and power her mind can't grasp
Oh how I wish her hand and mine again clasp

I work to root to this earth her dreams
In busy hectic work I have no time for her it seems
To be around me all she asked
With a trusting soul she asked

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