Children Of Shadows

Children Of Shadows Just beyond the lullaby Unable to understand The 'why' Between light and dark Wherein shadows play Childhood's lost Within shades of gray No Mother's Words of love to see Or a touch that comes As soft as the murmuring breeze No whispers of a brighter day Within the gray ... Where shadows play Invisible marionettes Upon strings controlled That soon learns the words Do As You Are Told Abuse unfolded By puppeteer's hand Impending doom In a darkened land Unleashed storms Of different array Abuse revenged From a different day? Only a plaything of what one day May have been? Circle widening ... Never ends? Or perhaps the start Of circle made With no excuse To rule the day Children of the shadows In faces blend Within cruelty Of different winds So many of our children Remain lost within The leering touch Of shadows grin Caught between What is ... And what should have been So named the children by this poet's pen AspiringAngel

 

Reviews

[Rain]

Very emotional and sad piece. Beautiful words to describe a tragic world. Rain..

[Blue Sky]

Your stunning piece has touched upon a delicate topic
of one that keeps these little ones in the shadows.
As heart breaking it may be knowing

Circle widening ...
Never ends?

Or perhaps the start
Of circle made
With no excuse
To rule the day

So many of our children
Remain lost within
The leering touch
Of shadows grin

Takes one to those shadows so well known
a heart that knows the way from these shadows
by revealing that beckon of light
in such a heart rendering way, revealed
and expressed with real emotions from these incidents as such,
all brought out in a very beautiful fashion, as though to touch
that bruised heart, which goes to understanding
that your heart and soul truly understands!
Beautifully rendered with that sad truth behind it!

~~~hugs~~~

[Gaiamethod]

Wow, how were you feeling when you wrote this?
Sad poem.