Michael Degenhardt Poet Quatrain

Don'T Forget the Kids

The silence shared is oh so loud
It has a resonating force
With decibels high, reaching the sky
As we stand here in the courts

The lawyers speak of new demands
With wants and disregards
Who will get the car and kids and
Who will get the house and yard?

With great intention I do now say
Speak up above the noise
We must put things in perspective
And speak then with one voice

The children are affected now
As love gave into fighting
Let’s keep from them, the bickering
And the sparks that are so igniting

Reinforce the value of family
And that love for them’s the same
Let them know it’s not because of them
That they are not to blame

Let them see some smiles as 
Their world then opens wide
Speak to them, don’t lose that touch
Let their feelings not then hide

Let them know, though separate
Our efforts are as one
While raising them to love, respect
And to never come undone

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