The World On Its Knees

by Hailey   Oct 27, 2004


Have You Ever Wanted To Help
As The World Is On Its Knee's
Watching Documentaries On TV
Hearing Tiny Children's Pleas

Hearing About Girls Of Only Thirteen
Giving Birth To A Tiny Still Born
The Body Is Permanently Damaged
The Inside Is Scared And Torn

Selling Kidneys Just To Eat
A Part Of Your Body Inside
Just To Feed These Little Mouths
That Open Up So Very Wide

Forcing Children Into Marriages
A Place Where They Cant Be Free
Their Parents Save All Their Lives
To Give A Dowry To A Fiance To Be

As Scary As This Will Even Sound
In Some Countries You Die If Your A Girl
Your Parents Cant Afford For You To Marry One day
So They Force You From This World

Most Babies Don't Grow Up
They Die When Their So Small
No Milk Or Water To Drink
So They Never Get Strong Or Tall

I Just Cant Stand This Happening
I Feel Like I'm NOW On My Knees
I Wish I Could Do One Little Thing
Or Pray For God To Answer Peoples Pleas

And As I Sit Here Crying
Knowing What This World Has Become
Its Not A Place Id Bring A Child Into
And I Don't Think I'm The Only One

In The World We Live Today
I Just Cant Stand The Sight
No Politician Or President
Can Say Were Doing Alright

Were Leaving victims In Other Countries
That No Politician Will Lead
Were Leaving Children In Prison Camps
Where They Will Never Be Freed

How Can It Be Right
With Children Dying Every Day
How Can The Only Brains In Society
Don't Even Get A Little Say

I Just Cant Stand To Bare
All The Things I'm Starting To See
I Never Knew The World Was Like This
Well Not As Bad As It Could Be

But As I Finish Writing This Poem
In My Comfy Life I Live
Id Be Willing To Risk This All
And To A Tiny Child,Give...

Please Comment and Vote..I saw a doc about this and cried..Its horrible.They Force Girls To Have Children at 12 or younger and give birth which usually results in still birth then because shes so small,it causes a hole in her bladder and waste just comes out for the rest of her life and she is shunned..A fund is up and running and their doing the most amazing things.. www.fistulatrust.org check it out ..the world is screwed up and our politicians r saying our economy is so strong..were not..because we can even eat were the luckiest people in the world..plzz just think about it all

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