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our children are the leftovers of our violence
our children are the sacrifice of our greed
our children need a guardrail to keep them safe
on our journey through the importance of our days
our children need deliverance out of the house of our self-bondage
and the hypocrisy of our path
our children are the scraps of their upbringing
our children are the funeral pyre of our ego
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~~~~~~~~~~~©2019 Susan Williams
This is simply brilliant.........thank u.......anjandev roy.
You are welcome! I imagine some are glad I write less! ! ! ! I know some of my poems are throw-aways- - some are to provoke laughter in those who read and that is a good thing to do with some poetry- -but I do desire to write worthy of contemplation poetry. Thank you for wishing me well, Soran
Exactly, Soran. It is hard enough to be wise in our handling of our children and produce a well-balanced, caring, and honest. It is almost impossible if we parents do not prioritize our children in all things. Yes, Soran, we the country will reap what we as the country sowed in our ads, in our songs, in our movies, in our games, in our speech, in our attitudes and behaviors considering drink, drugs, , work, purpose. Oh, I could go on and on
Thank you for highlighting this line- I felt it carried the rage I feel when parents don't parent their children but abuse them or lose them to the evil people in this world. Thank you, Soran, for the 10 and for faving this. I really appreciate the attention given to this one!
Dear boss Susan, we are interested and enjoy reading your poetry creations. Well done, wish you all the best and every success This is the perfect way to respect poetry, to write little but with a high quality, well done and thanks for sharing
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Absorbing and reflective, for as long as I have been around, great people have always enunciated the importance of children and the future, but what good are children if the future we make with our present steps are head to disaster. There is also a subset of people, small, who see children as accessories of their lives, something to claim trophy to, that's when we are their pallbearers.
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I thank you for going deep inside the topic of this poem because why else do we write except to exchange ideas and try to awaken consciences? Thank you so very much for being awakened already and already involved in this change
TRYING AGAIN- -I thank you for going deep inside the topic of this poem because why else do we write except to exchange ideas and try to awaken consciences? Thank you so very much for being awakened already and already involved in this change