This Poem was Submitted By: Gayle Makonin On Date: 2002-02-09 15:16:01 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Our Children

The whole worlds gone crazy, its way past insane. Teeming with confusion, unspoken suffering and pain. Families are being torn apart, children no longer listen to what parents say. What will happen to future generations if we continue on this way? Fear is now what's in our hearts as we continue on each day. Praying that our child is safe and being kept out of harms way. Children once played in friendly groups, now they join street gangs. Downtown malls and on the streets is where they choose to hang. Getting high and the thrill of danger is the escape they now seek. Sadly sometimes we as parents prefer to turn the other cheek. Schools have become deadly war zones, for keeps is how they play. Children lay bloody and lifeless in horrid disarray. Shock filled terror and mournful disbelief runs rampant all around. Parents now grieve in sorrow and outrage, needing to be on firmer ground. We have to realize right now, children are pleading for more attention. They're crying out in many ways, they need our love and protection. Understanding and acceptance is too measured now a days. For this we pay an agonizing price, no longer can we delay. It's time we instilled some morals, regained our self respect. No longer will we treat our children with frustration and neglect. We need to listen long and hard to hear what they are saying. Children need to learn to compromise and really see what they're portraying. There'll be no more denial on both parts is what we need. No longer can we stand still and watch our children bleed. It'll take every single person in the world to do their part. We desparately need a beginning, to make a brand new start. For future generations we need to band together and crusade as one. A battle needed to be fought, as badly as it needs to be won. Our children are all worth it, for if not then we're too late. Fear and murderous chaos will become our impending fate. Parents out there listen, please hear this desperate plea. It's time to fight for morals, self respect and dignity. Children need our guidance, shown with admiration and respect. It's their very lives and future we seriously need to protect!

Copyright © February 2002 Gayle Makonin

Additional Notes:
This poem was written in the here and now to comply with the world today. Some of the passages are pretty hard core, but if you think about it they're also sadly true. In no way did I write this poem to offend in any manner, shape or form. I welcome your honest opinions and I would like to apoligize to anyone who may have taken offence in advance for this is truly not my intention. Thank-you and I hope you do enjoy!


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