A lost child [standalone]

Autumn Summerleaf

Does | Thinks | Says | Hears

Where'd you go
I miss you so
seems like it's been forever
since you've been gone
please come back home

Rain dripped against the window of the healing center where autumn worked and she hummed a little tune to herself as she worked. Pray god you can cope, I'll stand outside. She swept the dust from the ground, she couldn't have a dirty workplace, that would be unsanitary. Thankfully, at that moment, the healing center was quiet. She only had one person she was caring for, an elderly woman with a cold. This woman's work, this woman's world, ooh it's hard on the man a man, she didn't need a man,not since her last boyfriend who was abusive. although she had to admit, she would love to have a child. She knew she would make an excellent mother, she was kind, caring, compassionate, and was willing to help anyone. Now his part is over, now starts the craft, of the mother She smiled, thoughts of a child, a little girl, running around the center and helping her, filling her mind. I know you have a little life in you yet, I know you have a lot of strength left She was strong enough to raise a child. Suddenly, a knock sounded at the back door of the center and she hurried to get it. However, when she opened the door, there was no one there. Instead, she found a bundle wrapped up tightly in blankets. She crouched down and lifted the bundle, scanning the darkness for any signs of life. Nothing moved, the only sound was the sploosh of rain. She carried the bundle inside and lit some candles, unwrapping the bundle to find a little baby girl, barely a few days old, cold and soaked. You're going to be alright, I'm here now Autumn said, finding a towel and wrapping the baby in a towel. Perhaps, tomorrow, I will go into town and see if I can find your parents but for tonight you can stay here she smiled.

She searched the center for the baby formula and found some that she kept just in case. She prepared it and fed it to the baby who drank hungrily. That was when she noticed the note, soaking wet and almost completely illegible but she managed to decipher it

Dear Healer,
I am sorry to leave my daughter at your shop but I can think of no better home for her. I am unable to care for her myself and so I hope that you will raise her to be the best she can be
Thank you ~S

The note is only signed with an initial and Autumn feels bad for the mother. She looked at the child, now sleeping soundly and smiled fondly. Perhaps fate is telling me something This made her smile. She would keep the child, she guessed, she'd wanted a child and now here was one with no mother to look after her. She decided to name the child Dalilah Summerleaf. She sighed, feeling tired. She carried the sleeping child into her room which was just off the back of the healing center and fell asleep, the child right beside her.

She said some days I feel like shit
some days I wanna quit
and just be normal for a bit
I don't understand why you have to always be gone
I get along but the trips always feel so long