Students
Students
As I sit here contemplating
All those little faces
And look at their expressions
I wonder where their place is
I wonder how their life’s have been
I wonder if they’re cared for
And what they have seen
If their dreams will ever soar
Even though I don’t know them,
How I think their parents would
I wonder if their parents show them
How much they are loved, they should
On some of them you can see
In their little puppy eyes
The sadness that they bring from home
And I hope that there they’d find happiness
I want to reach out and embrace them
Till they feel the empathy I feel
But I know it’s only temporary
For at home is where they have to deal
To deal with life as they know it
To try to survive another day
To deal with the blows and the yelling of it
And hoping that, someday, it will go away
So they grow up and the cycle starts
To deal with their own, best they can
Finally they realize their parents weren’t at fault
It’s societies pressures that parent’s can’t stand
By: Nena Enriquez
Copyright © Maria Elena Enriquez | Year Posted 2009
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