Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

We Need Orphanages

We need orphanages
With glass walls, 
So adults can
Keep an 
Eye,
A mind, and
An ear on each other.

We need orphanages 
So children can 
Be taken care of,
Get three meals a day,
Feel appreciated, or
At least
Respected.

We need orphanages, 
Where adults can help
Children relax, and
Be children, not
Having to be
The adult any more.

We need orphanages
Where children do
Not have to make
Up lies for parents,
Take care of parents,
Or hide from parents.
We need orphanages.

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Line Gauthier May 6, 2018 at 6:55 PM A very sobering poem. A very ugly reality for many children goes unnoticed.

Gershon Wolf May 6, 2018 at 5:29 PM Like that last stanza a lot...yet sadly the word has such an awful rep, probably b/c of Charles Dickens, for starters...Anyway, can't help but agree! :) gw Caren Krutsinger May 6, 2018 at 6:51 PM I have been dreaming of creating and directing orphanages for children since I was 8-years-old. I truly think God has this plotted out for me. It's my mission.