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So Sad

November 8, 2009
By twilightprincess SILVER, Marysville, Pennsylvania
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"Sometimes its the smallest decisions that can change your life forever." Keri Russell

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It's so sad to see a child,
Neglected and starved of love,
Whose innocence has been taken away,
By the screaming of those parents,
Who they have started to cling too,
Running and hiding in dark spaces,
Waiting for the terror to be over,
It's just so sad to see them,
Alone and by themselves,
The children who will become the adults,
That do the same thing to their own,
Because of the simple fact of life,
It goes around in circles,
Repeats itself again and again,
Unless we stop it and help them,
Regain control of what was taken from us,
Since it's so sad to see,
A child so helpless and alone.

© Nami S., Flushing, NY

The author's comments:
Watching this go on with people, I realized how much I wanted to help them, but this is what I felt when I saw such things.
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on Jun. 10 2010 at 6:05 pm
windswift DIAMOND, Arvada, Colorado
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let it burn, suffering teaches the soul; let it grow, love nourishes the heart.

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i absolutley loved this poem, i went through everything that you wrote about, it does suck, but after awhile you get kind of used to it.  i've been in foster care since 1994, so i've got one of the oldest cases in all of colorado.  im almost out of foster care though.  do you have an emial adress that i could have, i would love to tell you alot about my experaince in foster care, it would shed new light for you and help me deal with some of the c*** that ive been through, just talking would help me.  btw my names nathan