Your Way is Lost

Your way is lost
when strangers are important
but loved ones are not.
Drawn to new friends
the old ones are forgot.
Parents hold no sway?
For your well-being is what they fought.
Tender ones say, "I love you."
Why respond with "dot dot dot?"
People that need you most
get cut out of your life's plot.
Reattach to your roots
then maybe your leaves have a shot.

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