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LilTai
Member

since 2002-06-08

Posts 189
United States

0 posted 2002-07-09 06:06 PM

blurry eyed kids sit in a cold kitchen
young and skinny with tired
eyes locked on a still clock
watching their breath drift from their nostrils
cuddled together peering at the door
praying for a shifting knob
and a mother to step through the door
with a bag of groceries and some love
they haven't eaten in days
and there is no hot water
they sleep on a single mattress curled together
for the warmth
forgotten by their mother
abandoned by the world
"prisonerz of circumstance"
and still we dwell on our problems
when these children may not survive to have their own

Tai

I'm an idealist..I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way =)

the_loner_23
Member Ascendant

since 2002-06-08

Posts 5479
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

1 posted 2002-07-09 06:16 PM

Very good write. I enjoyed reading this.

Cold hands means a warm heart

Pilgrimage
Member Elite

since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

2 posted 2002-07-09 06:22 PM

I didn't enjoy reading this, but it was written very well, and the image is vivid. I just wish it wasn't an image of a true thing, that happens all over the nation.

Nan

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

3 posted 2002-07-09 06:25 PM

(tears fall down my cheeks) This is so very heartbreaking, sweet friend, my heart goes out to all the children of the world who don't get the love and attention they need, this is powerfully heartaching! (sigh) My thoughts go out to them all, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet LilTai, thank you for sharing!