Normal Child?

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    Normal Child?

    Did you know that once , i was just a normal kid.
    doing all the normal things, a normal child did.

    Dreaming of a mighty life,
    adoring children, a trophy wife.

    but the jeoleasy and hatred, of the ones who sired me
    took away all the things, my life was meant to be

    Inside the state assembly line, just another face,
    Beaten down and battered, where ever i was placed.

    Foster homes and placement camps. safe not even there,
    finding anyone, who might have cared , was also very rare.

    So now, i'm grown, and carrying, all this rage with me
    with absolutly no idea how to set it free.

    Because,i know to count on people, doing what they do,
    The number of those close to me, are very, very few

    Yah, life has given this old man, a bitter, angry way,
    and taken the soul of a normal child, happily at play.

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    cmlestrade commented on Normal Child?

    09-07-2009

    This poem is excellent as far as grammar, rhythm,rhyme. meter, theme and emotion. As far as the later goes I hope it is absolute fiction. Being an advocate for children it is a real tragedy to see what we have done and continue to do to them. And we can only pray that those who grow up in the system remember the hurt and pain dealt to them and vow not to let it carry on in the next generations, or else what have we learned.

    Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion.

    T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

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