Ragged Boy
Little boy in ragged clothes
Limping in the heat
Arms and legs cloaked in sores
From living in street
His skin is marked with scars
Calluses beneath his feet
You cannot see the thickened skin
That grows around his heart
Image: By sadora_photobucket.com
©DGA 12 July 2011 08:33
Adeeyoyo's Blog 
12/07/2011 at 9:43 am
It’s a hard life for Street Children. I saw many in India but they always look so happy.
loved the poem. clever lady!
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12/07/2011 at 6:00 pm
Poor children, they don’t know any better… Thanks, Patrecia.
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12/07/2011 at 10:15 am
They really break my heart, adee.
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12/07/2011 at 6:00 pm
Yes, Cindy, it is heartbreaking.
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12/07/2011 at 12:29 pm
Our hearts go out to them.
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12/07/2011 at 6:01 pm
They have no idea how much they are missing out on…
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12/07/2011 at 6:12 pm
So very, very sad. 😦
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13/07/2011 at 5:56 am
Yes, it is, BV. They don’t have much hope for a better life, do they.
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12/07/2011 at 7:26 pm
Watching Slumdog Millionaire opened my eyes to the dismal circumstances that many children in India face on the streets.
Very sad.
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13/07/2011 at 5:57 am
Yes, and I believe the stars were actually street children, Nancy…
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13/07/2011 at 5:37 am
Poor little darlings. They would have thick skin around there hearts – good image adeeyoyo (just an idea but it might read better if the 2nd para is also in the present tense like first one).
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13/07/2011 at 6:00 am
It is a great shame that these children exist. You are so right about the para, Gabe. Great improvement, thanks so much!!!
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13/07/2011 at 7:45 am
That’s good – you can always tell me to take a hike when I get my editors hat on 😉
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13/07/2011 at 8:42 am
I wouldn’t do that – (depends where it comes from, haha)! I wrote it in about 5 mins flat – desperate as gigs almost finished for month! ♥
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13/07/2011 at 12:10 pm
O but I can see the thickened skin that grows around his heart. Very clearly. There are hundreds of thousands of them in America’s inner cities. They are not hungry but impoverished by drugs and crimes and a lack of economic opportunity. Not a very good record for the world’s greatest(alleged) country.
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14/07/2011 at 4:23 am
I think most countries have these children to a greater or lesser extent. But it is to our shame that these children exist.
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13/07/2011 at 1:28 pm
so sad, his condition, but physically and emotionally…all it takes is one to break that…
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14/07/2011 at 4:33 am
There are a number of young men, once also street children, who are now working to extricate these children from their lives of gangs and drugs. This is good as they seem to be able to make a small difference. However, it is the preconditions leading to this poverty that need to be addressed… for example, education.
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14/07/2011 at 3:41 am
So sad. You’ve torn at my heart with this one. You are a really good person for caring so much. Don’t stop.
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14/07/2011 at 4:36 am
It is really sad, Selma.
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14/07/2011 at 11:06 am
Very, very powerful words, Adeeyoyo – particularly those last two lines!
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14/07/2011 at 12:18 pm
Yes, Bb, they have to grow a shell to protect themselves…
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23/07/2011 at 1:00 am
This was perfectly written Denise. I know that kid, and sometimes they grow up to be okay. Trust in that, it happens. hugs
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23/07/2011 at 5:19 am
Thanks, Val, I hope you’re right my friend. It’s sad that there are so many street children. It should not happen at all.
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