Lost

When you’re a child, everything is new,

Now, almost everything you’ve been through.

Supermarket trips with mum were scary,

Getting lost down the aisle of dairy.

The feeling of dread when you no longer see a red coat,

The swallowing stops inside your throat.

The feeling was so horrifying back then I’d say,

But now, I feel it every single day.

Like you never found your mum again,

Stuck alone aboard the lonely train.

Constant pacing around the store,

Hoping to just find a door.

Because everything in life comes at a cost,

And I have never felt so lost.