I'm back

It's been a long break from blogging but I feel the need to share my thoughts again. I'm going to start with some poetry I've written over the years. I don't know if any of it is any good but it is a way for me to sort through my feelings and thoughts. So here goes...

My first poem...in some ways may be my best...I wrote it in a math class I was bored with when I went back to school for my education degree. It reflects what I was seeing as I did my teacher observation and assistant requirements at Forest City Elementary. It's a long one so hang on.

A Child's Chaos

In the midst of this chaos
Lies the lonely heart of a searching child,
Whose whole life is all but lost.
A life with so many questions and very little reason

Where have we gone wrong?
Is it the parents? Is it the school?
Is it the child? Is it society?
Does it matter who it is?
The question to be asked is,
"How can I help?"

A young boy that has a house
But the reality is he is homeless.
He feels the need to steal.
A life with no perceived value, only objects to take.

Where have we gone wrong?
Is it the divorce? Is it intelligence?
Is it "the system"? Is it our materialism?
Does it matter what it is?
The questions to be asked is,
"How can I help?"

A young girl who has no self-worth,
She feels so ugly and unloved.
She knows she is different.
A life with nothing in common with peers.

Where have we gone wrong?
Is it the television? Is it the magazines?
Is it her classmates? Is it me?
Does it matter who it is?
The questions to be asked is,
"How can I help?"

A class full of children,
Some are friends, some are strangers.
Each one with gifts, each one with faults.
A life filled with children who grow up too soon.

Have we really gone wrong?
Is it the gifts? Is it the faults?
Is it the child? Is it the adult?
Does it really matter?
HOW CAN I HELP?

In the midst of this chaos
Lies a heart full of love
A child searching for acceptance.
A life with so many questions and all the reason
For me to help....a child.