Pain Poem by Connie K Cameron

No one's listening to the cries,
No one's answering all the whys
A baby growing up in hate
Sex and violence, Satans bait
A father looks the other way
'Hey, he'll be okay some day'
Turn on the T.V., close the door
Turn off minds, can't deal with more
A mother thinks her job is done
Out the door to have some fun
She screams at her sons violent ways
He walks away in a silent daze
Looked at with the eyes of shame
Point the finger, shake the blame
Cuts like a knife with words and looks
Carries a gun along with books to school
A father asks what he did wrong
Once again the same old song
'Then never mind, I've got to go'
'I've got no time, I don't even want to know'
His child screams inside with pain
He should have known always the same
No one's listening to the cries
No one's answering all the whys
Except...Jesus