When the Cradle Fails
When Cradle Fails
This is a piece of scandalous news, bound to ruffle more than just feathers..
A breaking story such as this, human interest and sympathy are very much raised…
With a damning picture of a child lying within an inverted crib that clearly imprisoned…
The natural exuberance and spirit of a hapless child who suffers this indignity in silence..
O where are the guardians of the children, O how did it come down to such a base level…
When a child’s crib is horrendously turned upside down in order to imprison the child…
When none are watching, when the coast is clear, what other atrocities are done..
Hapless children, handed over to a designated child care centre by loving parents..
Going by a horror story, to have peace and quiet and to do away with squalling children…
Food and drinks are laced with sedatives to give a hideous twist to the popular expression..
The innocent children, they sleep the deep sleep of the innocent here in a child centre…
I wonder, the sleeping child in the inverted crib, is it another case of sleeping drug at the centre…
Reading the news, blessed is the individual who has drawn attention to this child care centre…
Being a government sponsored initiative, heads must rolled and reprimands are in order…
Lackadaisical attitude and negligence in duties must be duly rewarded with harsh penalties…
For the welfare of the innocent children, away from the loving eyes of the busy loving parents..
Who else do we trust, or do loving parents be blissfully ignorant until when the cradle fails…
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/03/18/caged-and-neglected-claim-kids-allegedly-mistreated-at-welfare-home/
Copyright © Keng Chuan Seng | Year Posted 2016
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