Little Alice Cries

Little Alice
torn dress,
tears streaming,
gumdrops and love,
to her denied.

Little Alice
sits alone,
to view the rest,
wondering why,
Why do the children
to her protest.

Little Allice
cries out loud,
Don't they know, 
it is not right,
for her parents,
to yell and fight.

Little Alice 
bruses on her legs,
her teacher, 
to the others begs,
Do something, 
for this child,
before it is to late,
to the judge she protested,
do it right to seal her fate.

Little Alice
never cried again,
She just denied,
I fell upon the playground,
then walked away with out a sound,

Little Alice 
upon the newspaer, it read,
she fights for her life,
in a lonely hospital bed,
was what it said,
her parents arrested,
even they denied and protested,
Judge ruled never for Alice to return.

Now Little Alice
cries in vain no more,
God knocked upon her lonely door,
in her bed she lay and rested,
while a loving family graciously invested,
in her gentle glistening eyes,
of such delight, love now lies,
Now ther loved, precious lilttle pearl.

Little Alice sits alone now more,
She runs and plays with new sisters....four.


Linda Terrell
December 6, 2009

Sadly not all abused kids are as fortuanate as Little Alice in this poem, for their lives to be 
saved and to end up in a loving family.
May God bless all the little children.
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Davila Avatar
December 10, 2009 at 4:07 PM
had the wedding early been on hunnymoon having fun thinking about what to write about later
Brown Avatar
December 8, 2009 at 4:16 AM
So very sad. Thank you for sharing this poem with us Linda. Love, Carol
Culverhouse Avatar
December 7, 2009 at 5:45 AM
sad, hope something can be done
Devonshire Avatar
December 6, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Thank God the courts finally intervene in cases like this. The injustices she sustained should not have been allowed to continue once the bruises were first reported by her teacher. God bless the teacher for taking a special interest in this child. You have touched my heart. I was glad to read that Little Alice now has a new, happier home where she shares her life with other children. Love, carolyn
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