As I looked into the eyes of this child I could see one thing very clearly, and that was that innocence was lost. How can such a thing that is so precious be taken so easily? It hurts when I look into the eyes of this child and see pain, anger, and suffering, no longer could I see hope and admiration.
I looked into the eyes of that child and saw the death of a future staring back, no longer did I see the hopes of the past in the twinkle of that childs eyes. No longer did I see the appreciation of the value of life, but what I did see was the hunger and acceptance for self destruction and death. I saw the pain felt when it seems that all hope is lost. I saw defeat, I saw misguidedness and most of all I saw fear,a fear that this child will never get to experience life.
They say that the eyes are the windows to the soul, but when I look into the eyes of this child I saw that those windows were frozen shut, housing nothing but coldness and hurt. And how do we fix such a problem the child finally asked, such a problem that continues to manifest into self consumption? I simply said just try opening your eyes a little bit more.
I shed a tear for the child because I saw that this child today child would never get a chance to be tomorrows man. As I stared into this childs eyes I finally asked what did he see when he looked into mines..................
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Interesting take, It was a little hard to read, regarding the childs future and perspectives. Despite what this world may say, the fact that child are still being born, shows me, theirs a future to be live. How that child is raised to embrace it, depends on the parents or elders around him or her... Keep up the good work... Old Friend
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