Writings for 2017

An Orphan's Heart

165 Words
32 Lines

An Orphan’s heart
By Lisa Noe

She was an orphan, all alone
She was afraid of everything
Her fears were real without a home
Left on a doorstep sight unseen
With no one to love her

Sent to an orphanage in town
Other children did not like her
Larger kids pushed her to the ground
She got a dog with long black fur
With no one to love her

As she grew, she learned many things
How to love only animals
She’d hug her favorite dog Lingh
Her hopes hanging on miracles
With no one to love her

She opened her heart to the strays
She loved them and she made them hers
She recalled all her youthful days
She was made fun of by neighbors
With no one to love her

A heart which was broken for years
By no one being there for her
It brought many frightening tears
Her whole youth was just a dark blur
With no one to love her.


Authors Note
This is a Rondel Grande
The rhyme scheme is: ababR cdceR, efefR ghghR
each line R is repeated.
Syllables are:8/8/8/8/6
as many stanzas as you want.but minimum of 3


Lisa Noe~kittylove