Who Speaks For The Children

Living in torment
Battered and bruised
Who speaks for the chldren
Frightfully abused!
Parents who beat them
For trivial things
They live in fear
Of what the next
Punishment brings
Surrounded by alcohol
Drugs, poverty and strife
They don't stand a chance
In this wretched life!
Sent to some foster Homes
Where the motive is greed
They are merely tolerated
That's not what they need!

Where are the gatekeepers
The watchdogs of hell
Appointed to monitor them
Wherever they dwell
Overwhelmed by the numbers
They finally lose track
Of some of these victims
And never look back
The headline reads
"Children found dead"
They could have stopped it somehow!
Can you tell me,someone
I'd like to know
Who'll speak for those chldren NOW!

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