THEY TOOK AWAY HER CHILD TODAY (an original poem)
Jul 20 '00
THEY TOOK AWAY HER CHILD TODAY
They took away her child today
And didn't have a clue
Why she was throwing such a fit
When this was "right" to do.
"Don't be so childish," she was told,
In patronizing voice.
"This was decided by the judge--
You do not have a choice."
There always had been prejudice,
Due to that label: "slow,"
And, on that January day,
There had been ice and snow.
She noticed they were low on food
And braved the winter storm
To buy it--left her sleeping child
At home, all safe and warm.
This just confirmed, to made-up minds,
That she was less-than-smart.
Today, they took away a child
And broke a mother's heart.
Ainsley Jo Phillips
This poem, entered in the 1994 Indiana State Federation of Poetry Clubs Fall Rendezvous Contest won:
Category #17
Muriel Waters Memorial Award
Third Honorable Mention
and was then included in my chapbook, A TALE OF FIVE AUTUMNS,
Copyright 1994 by Ainsley Jo Phillips
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