Deporable - Jayne's Poetry Corner

Not for children or the weak of heart

Yesterday I was scanning the newspaper when I saw an article about the killing of a child. I read the word 'deplorable' and I stopped. I didn't want to read what the authories and police thought of the act. I wanted to read that they caught the evil people who'd done the crime and made them suffer seven times seven the same punishment.

I don't want to read about a child being abused or an animal, both innocent. I want to read that, when a school, day care, private individual, or a clinic reports abuse, the innocent party is pulled from the family 'forever'. The child would be happier in a home filled to the roof with others like him or her  rather than a room alone in fear of a visit.

Don't feel sorry for the vicitm, feel anger and determination to do something.