Aids Orphans Poem by Alf Hutchison

Aids Orphans

Rating: 5.0


Should the young children
Suffer for our sin,
Does it not grip your trembling
Heart within,

Most folk now are hard of heart,
Oblivious of their plight,
“It’s not my fault, nor can I help
It’s really not my fight”.

Statistics on their plight we read;
Of millions dying every year,
Dying, hungry, naked and alone.
Does mankind really care.

If all the orphaned children,
Were laid side by side;
They’d circumnavigate the globe;
A highway ten feet wide.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Shashendra Amalshan 23 October 2009

Very Powerful poem indeed.It is a great plight that not only the sinner but also the people around him have to suffer for his or her evil deeds. That is a great plight indeed. Thanks for writing this poem. Your pen can be used as a humane weapon to tackle evil that rules the modern world. But I always believe that words alone do not put an end to such plagues. We have to put those words in to action! ! I mean these days politicians do make grand eloquent speeches, yet they never really put those words in to action. Therefore not only we have to write and ask questions, but also time is ripe to be united and counter these evil, so that the future of the human kind will be blessed with a world with out demons.. This is a great write..10++ Cheers Shan

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Sonya Florentino 23 October 2009

a very powerful moving heart-felt poem Alf... the last stanza is an imagined but realistic scenario that cannot fail to move anyone's heart....

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Winnie Angel 23 October 2009

Cruel reasoning is everywhere, it has become a way of our lives, penetrating too deeply..but hope is always there- if and if only we work together to elecate poverty and usher in a new era of peace, health and equality to some extent if not completely! ..Winnie

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Mehta Hasmukh Amathalal 23 October 2009

If all the orphaned children, Were laid side by side; They’d circumnavigate the globe; A highway ten feet wide..................................................................................future generation should not suffer on count of our sin...number of deaths go unaccounted and nothing coems out of it.. it may soar and saor bringing misery and toll every year...very gloomy picture and are we threatend with annihilation...10 read mine kids....school.....no techer please...

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Ernestine Northover 23 October 2009

Even with knowledge people still take risks, and it is the poor children that have to suffer the consequences. A terrible plight indeed, a plague across the lands. Will it ever be elliminated, and how many generations before it does. A so sad but poignant read Alf, one is left bereft of words. Very well expressed. Love and hugs Ernestine XXX

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Reshma Ramesh 03 November 2009

great poem with a great message..........may god bless them!

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Ken E Hall 30 October 2009

Kind of you to bring the attention this awful plight so big in its scope and so so sad....... actions must happen words fall on deaf ears Thanks for the read regards Been away from the computer for a week on hols.

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Almedia Knight-Oliver 28 October 2009

Hi Alf. another poem that points to the failures of mankind. My heart bleeds for all humanity because there's not enough love for the underprivileged and poor of the world.We just have to love all humanity and we will not have all the problems we're having now. Thanks for sharing this heartfelt poem. a 10++++>>>>>.

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Sandra Martyres 28 October 2009

A heart rending piece Alf, you are right to draw the attention of people to the sad fate of these unfortunate children...10

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Louis Rams 27 October 2009

again we are on the same page. i wrote one called the 'orphanage' which i had posted last week. excellent! thank you for sharing this with all of us. another triple ten

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