Mommy, What's It Like?

An unborn child asks it's mother what it's life will be like once it is born.

 

Mommy, What’s It Like?

By Saskia Liddick

 

 

Mommy what’s it like out there?

Do people smile at each other on the street?

Do they greet every person that they meet?

Mommy, what’s it like out there?

 

Mommy, is it true?

The president doesn’t need a guard,

Because everyone loves him and won’t hurt him?

Mommy, is it true?

 

Mommy, what’s it like out there?

Do people love each other all the same?

Skin color doesn’t matter in anyway?

Mommy, what’s it like out there?

 

Mommy, say its true!

There is not such thing as disease,

Just that one thing will appease,

Mommy, say its true!

 

Mommy, tell me please!

That all the roads are pristine,

There are no dirty places to clean.

Mommy, tell me please!

 

Mommy, I want to know.

Or are there people, who walk the streets,

And kill others because opinions will not meet?

Mommy, I want to know.

 

Mommy, talk to me!

Do people hate each other clandestinely?

Because they hate you we can’t be a family?

Mommy, talk to me!

 

Mommy, tell me honestly.

Will we live where war is a way of life?

Will we live where there is death and strife?

Mommy, tell me honestly.

 

Mommy, please answer me,

Tell me that a solider didn’t slaughter you,

Because you think that God is true.

Mommy, why aren’t you answering?

Author's Note

This was written for my Ethics 2 class. It got 19 out of 20 because I didn't use a quote from the bible. i wouldn't have been able to make it fit anyway, and i'm just too lazy.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

You done well. Poem is very good. It was hard to explain my daughter when she was very young the pain and suffering of the world. She would ask why is the man begging for food? I would tell her. Life is hard for some. Age bring the wisdom of the real world. Your poem was a pleasure to read.
Coyote

[Victoria]

wow this is a really awesome poem. i like how you wrote the lines. it fits perfectly together nice job :D