SOCIETY'S CHILD

SOCIETY'S CHILD

I saw a child today;
crying, from hunger and pain.

She lay there curled up like a ball;
oblivious i was there at all.

I watched her tears
as they'd swell;
from haunting eyes,
then they fell.

I wanted to reach out,
to embrace;
and offer, to take her place.

What happened next suddenly is;
she stopped, when she noticed me;

then she wiped a tear from her eye;
lifted her hand, and said: "Hi"

then, she asked if i'd like to stay;
and she would split her rice,

two ways!

D.D.S/North (8-15-2000)

Dedicated to the children of Haiti, 2010,

from my hope, and with my love!

Donna D.S./North