Hello there, Amber here with another poem!
"Runaway" is a currently made poem. It is about a young person who runs away from their home. Somewhere, at some point, while they are on the run, they run into a wise homeless person. The wise person is the narrorator in this poem.
He/she (the homeless person) offers to show the runaway around, but as long as the person made a deal with him/her. The deal is that the young boy/girl will go back home to their family after the little "tour" is over.
The poem ends when the narrorator is done describing some of the troubles of being a homeless person, or in the child's perspective a runaway.
That's about all! Here is the poem!

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"Runaway"

Hello is anybody there?
Are you like me, alone and terribly scared?
Are you fighting to stay alive,
Or are you just waiting until the second you die?

Do people come and try to take you?
Do they also do unmentionable things too?
Is it that you are the run,
Or are you just having a little fun?

If you need someone to guide you through the streets I will,
But only if you promise me something, then we will have a deal.
If you refuse to do what I ask,
You will become just another piece of the past.

Unlike me you can go back home,
You no longer have to feel terribly alone!
You have a father and mother that miss you.
Possibly even a brother or sister, I'm not lying, they really do!

This place isn't for young people like you.
This place is about surviving, and trust me, very few people do.
We don't sleep on beds,
We sleep on uncomfortable blankets that are made of thin threads.

That's not even the half of it,
So please do not run of pouting and pitching a fit.
It really is troublesome out here.
So after I am done showing you around, will you please go home my dear?

You don't know how harsh it is out here.
Every day we live, we live that day in fear.
Is any of this changing your mind,
Or is it just a waste of my time?

If you stay with me you will slowly fade.
So please, I beg you, please do not become like me, please do not become a runaway.