Life Child Poems

You struggle with right and wrong
I watch and worry so
With prayers I helped along
Now time for me to go
Who will pray when I am gone...

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From the carnival circle race goes off the course
the vintage carousel of bobbing corralled horse,
galloping skyward from the field of fiesta fair
through the music of...

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Filial Child 

Halfway to heaven, 
so thrilled to be saved.
My life, 
changed forever.
Filled with your spirit,
wrestles to serve. 

On fire…
in the night,
running through the streets,...

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         Baby takes first breath 
        Let’s out an almighty...

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It's a time like this when I take a trip,
a mental one in which I am a child,
riding on a carousel without a care,
feeling the...

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Somewhere under African skies,
Another young starving child dies,
Because the child is black and poor,
He loses life at about four.
Soon no one will recall his name,
His...

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DIRGE OF THE UNBORN
The Owl hoots
In the smooth silence of midnight drama,
3 a.m thick darkness
Unrivalled by neither the moon nor stars.
She moans and wail in...

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God, protect your children
Keep them safe from harm
God, take your children
Welcome them into your arms

I am a child of betrayal
My innocence is their derail
God, can...

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Ghost of my past

There is a ghostly child I must embrace 

Hands reaching out

Tears streaming down her face 

Fingers grasping my heart strings 

She said...

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I conceived you in my mind.
I carried you around in the depth of my heart.
sitting under the tree of life,
I heard your song,my unborn child.I...

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On the bottom rung 
crawling up the stairs, 
My life has just started,
I’m free without a care, 
But something’s urging me
to keep pushing on
Struggling on...

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bright paper boats and paper planes

          quick, racing from the day's remains

    ...

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The Spit & Whittle Club
As remembered: by Miracle Man
3-21-2020

As a kid it was always town on Saturday,
horses and wagons dotted our main street.
 Tied to...

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As a child I loved playing with teddy bears,                ...

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I look back at a time
When I was too young to decide
She had the power to choose
If I could make it or not
And I had...

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I was blessed with a precious gift
Beautiful and sweet
God’s grand masterpiece
She brought me peace
And made me believe
So much in the Lord
My life is filled with...

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With eyes that see and ears that hear,
but hearts that look away

Each child unkept—all life bereft,
to rue these mournful days

(Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia: March, 2020)...

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The lady carried the colorful basket-
Laden with beautiful toys,
Sounding high in the air,
Above the basket that she laid on her head.
Throwing words to attract kids
Mostly...

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Comported I, with dignity,
The dreadful turn of years—
Forsaking though, simplicity,
In a trade of grief, and tears.

For once a child lived, you see,
Whom I came to...

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An old felt hat adorned her head
Her wicker basket on her arm
A life alone, she'd never wed,
A gentle soul, so full of charm.

A tootle down...

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