Alone in the World

Alone in the World, originally uploaded by carf.

Alone in this world,
with no mother to care..,
with nowhere to go..,
with nowhere to hide..,
who am I to face the shadows cast on me by society?

When I grow strong and old,
like the frail branches of this little tree,
will I reach out and touch the sky,
to sway securely against each wind,
never to be broken by storms gone by?

Text and Photo by Gregory J. Smith, São Paulo, Brazil.