Poet’s Corner: And the World Closes Its Eyes

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Robin Clark in Reading Around

Children
Being stacked like produce
Unwaxed
Bruised
Twice the price
Children
Shielding another one’s want
To rule the world
Children
Begging for mercy
To any God who will listen
Children
Made to take the bullet
Of another man’s hate.
Children
Starving for attention
Starving for education
Starving for love
Starving to be heard
Starving…
And the world closes its eyes.

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About Robin Clark (62 Articles)

Robin, born in Talent Oregon, now resides in Bellevue, a community outside of Seattle Washington. She is a published poet, OP-ED writer and Children's story author. She is currently in partnership with a composer who has asked her to write the book for his next musical. She is also being courted by assorted Directors to write a stage play and her dream is to leave a legacy in words, where you come to realize anything is possible.