Plight Of World’s Children Today Poem by Dr John Celes

Plight Of World’s Children Today



Like buds nipped before turning into flowers;
Like flowers plucked before fully blossoming,
Crushed without being allowed to form seed –
This is the state of world’s children today!

Like seedlings pulled like weeds with roots from soil,
Like sprouted plants that never can turn trees,
With branches trimmed or broken off like twigs –
This is the state of world’s children today!

Like saplings not nurtured by sun and rain,
Like plants, whose leaves are eaten by stray beasts,
Whose roots can never find right type of soil –
This is the state of world’s children today!

When human beings treat their own offspring
In ways inhuman, most condemnable,
How can God bless mankind upon the earth?
No wonder Nature kills adults likewise!

Copyright by Dr John Celes 09-17-08

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
READ THIS POEM IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Dr John Celes

Dr John Celes

Tamilnadu, India
Close
Error Success