Lonely

In a room full of other babies

Never getting enough

I cry for something

Food

Water

Medicine

Attention

Affection

Anything

I hope for someone

Someone who will love me

Hold me and never want to let go

Someone who will stay

I hope for a mom

If I believed in fate

I would say

that destiny brought you to me

There you are

in almost a ray of light

You pick me up and squeeze me tight

You say, “I love you.”

And I believe you

If I believed in fate,

I would say

that destiny brought me a mom

But you became my mom

All by yourself

No universal intervention needed

You gave me love

and chose to stay