Anything But Ignore Me

All those broken promises
Made, oh, so long ago
And still it hurts you lied to me
I just wish you could know

I thought we'd talk, eventually
And fix this broken heart,
But eventually won't wait forever
Or however long we've been apart

And as I'm sifting through the pieces
Of the memories we once shared
I came across when you first helped
That little boy, so lost and scared

One little boy, unconfident
Was habitually let down
He looks for you, waits for your voice
But you're never around

And while he waits, he weeps for you
As months creep by so slow
And every birthday, one same wish:
That you'd be there to see him grow

Well, if you pity this poor boy;
Waiting for his only love
Consider times you've felt alone
Or times you lack, thereof

Abandonment not unheard of
In the news seen on T.V.
But as you watch, think of this boy,
But also think of me

Just as he, I've seen hard times
And while most are in the past
One of them won't leave my life;
It seems to last and last

The problem is: you left me, dear
And, now, I'm all alone
In desperation, I try to call
But you don't pick up the phone

I just wish that you'd believe
How much I've changed since then
How much I ask in prayers each night
You'd take me back again

Too much to ask for, I can tell
For lonely, I remain
But take the time and hear me out
And save a lonely, little boy a little bit of pain