Silence

Matthew 18:6 New King James Version (NKJV)Jesus Warns of Offenses“But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea.  Silence

 

It was in the newspaper today

that a young boy six years old

in a country very far away

had slain some children cold.

 

Only six years old this little boy

that just does not seem right.

Instead of having youthful joy

he is already forever “tried”

 

Some opinions differ in how

to punish this young lad.

Some just scratch their head and bow

and others say kill him dead.

 

Society in its peculiar ways

forms children in its image "the same",

but when young lives fall apart

no adults will take the blame.

 

The beginning of the end is here

when violence becomes a way of life.

When even little children fear

to be killed by their peers of five.

 

Well the guilty ones are by design

adults who plan and scheme

for love of money, lust, and filth

put their trash in print and screen

 

Well these bastards destroy what's good

and pervert these very young minds

should be the ones to become food

for hungry lions, sharks, and swines

 

But this trash walks in the presence

of leaders and the worldly-wise

because their filthy money buys presents

for the rulers … and their wives.

 

So this young child and his victims

who never had much of a life

will probably travel together

into the arms of the Author of Life.

 

In this world it seems a blessing

to die young and to go on

before reaching the age of thirteen,

when you're counted fully grown.

 

Has 13 become the age of six now

because education has forced the thought

which some decades ago somehow

were only to 18 and up in years taught?

 

Now is the time for the silent majority

to stand and shut up … and sit down,

because in doing nothing they have the seniority

so they can justify their ups and downs.

 

And then with self-adoration, they reason

about the best they gave for all

while the only thing in life as a season

was their self-centered existence in a call.

 

Well the world that they leave for the children

is their emptiness available for all

not worth for the children to be cherished

and for sure they are destined to fall

 

Jan Wienen

 

This poem is about: 
Me
My community
Our world

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