Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

Abandoned Children

We need orphanages.
So abandoned children can be cared for,
receive three hot meals a day, be helped
with their homework. 


We need orphanages to be 
Quiet places where children can think.
Away from loud angry music
And loud angry adults who abandon them
in spirit, and attitude way before they
are physically abandoned,

We need orphanages
Where adults can help children
Learn how to be children.

We need orphanages
Where children don't have to take care of their parents.
Where children don't have to fix their own supper.
Where children don't have to worry about being evicted,
where children don't squat in unheated abandoned buildings.

We need orphanages
Where children aren't threatened if they tell the truth.
We need orphanages for the abandoned children, so 
they can safely grow up.

We need orphanages.


Written June 13, 2018  Abandon Contest Sponsored by: Brenda Chiri

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Line Gauthier March 8, 2018 at 4:35 PM Wow. What a powerful message. You make a really valid point. Well done, Caren. Caren Krutsinger March 9, 2018 at 5:17 AM I say this every single day to someone. It is my mantra.