CHILDREN: THINGS WE THROW AWAY
By Crystal Williams
As they lay sleeping
Deep inside ourselves we do not
Think of them
As being as alive as we are now.
We do not love them as we ought to.
What should we do.
Our Father
Must not think of us as perfect
As he.
In his eyes we’re not as grown as
We should be.
But still he loves us as his children.
We should do the same.
Why do we toss them away
So carelessly?
Why don’t we love them as our own?
Don’t we realize that they are gifts
From Him.
We give them back to Him
Without a second thought.
Oh, why don’t we love our children
Before they’re born?
Why don’t we respect the love
That made them for us?
Just because they’re not here
Doesn’t mean that they can’t feel.
Doesn’t mean that they aren’t real
Just as you and I.
We don’t give them the chance
To lighten up our lives.
They’re children,
The things we throw away.
Look at a newborn babe.
Ant tell me that he didn’t have the right
To live.
And give to the world as we do now.
Oh please tell me, tell me how
You can justify
Giving back to Him
The greatest gift that’s ever touched
Our lives.
And saying all the while it’s not a
Human life.
When you know that if you’d let him live He’d be your child.
Why do we toss them away
So carelessly?
Why don’t we love them as our own?
Don’t we realize that they are gifts
From Him.
We give them back to Him
Without a second thought.
Oh, why don’t we love our children
Before they’re born?
Why don’t we respect the love
That made them for us?
Just because they’re not here
Doesn’t mean that they can’t feel.
Doesn’t mean that they aren’t real
Just as you and I.
We don’t give them the chance
To lighten up our lives.
They’re children,
The things we throw away.