What about the Children...
What about the Children
Do we have a voice?
What about the Children
We seem to have no choice.
It's not just overseas that war is going on
Look in my neighborhood the streets are all war torn
Drugs and gangs in warfare control and mark our streets
Stay inside it's safer? Have you seen what's on T.V.?
What about the Children
Do we have a voice?
What about the Children
We seem to have no choice.
My grandmother told me when she was very young
She would imagine games to play, while running in the sun.
She would ride her bike to the five and dime
Her favorite...Hide and Seek
I asked her, "Can we go outside?
No child it's not safe on the street."
What about the Children
Do we have a voice?
What about the Children
We seem to have no choice.
We hear a word that's always used, pronounced bipartisan
I think it means, but I'm not sure, the war in Washington.
We listen to confusing talk, adults have expectations
Yet as a child, my only thought, to be loved without reservation
What about the Children, will we have a place to live?
Who's making the decisions, the earth is not that big.
In this world we're silent, the grown-ups have the choice
To protect and guard the Children, because we have no voice!
By: Kathleen Jabro
