The Forgotten

Dirt painted between his tiny toes.
Spit glued between his fingers
clutching an empty bottle.
Weak and whimpering
tears decorate his dirt-stained face.
Sitting in a crib,
alone and needing.

Crumbs woven into her robe.
Tears dried upon a tissue.
Her wrinkled fingers
clutching an empty bottle.
Collapsed in a wooden green rocking chair
forgetting.

The world seems to have forgotten.