Don't cry, child <br />For children starving far away <br />For homeless people on the streets <br />Begging for change. <br /> <br />Don't cry, child <br />For those of us who have no dreams <br />Who live in dark holes <br />That we dig ourselves, laboriously - why? <br /> <br />Don't cry, child <br />For forgotten rainbows <br />Or melancholy rainstorms <br />For wispy clouds, always drifting away. <br /> <br />Don't cry, child <br />For who you are not <br />Or who you have been <br />For who you are. <br /> <br />Don't cry, child <br />For the last animal of it's kind <br />The mother who cannot feed her children <br />A planet in need. <br /> <br />Don't cry, child <br />When you stand on the edge of forever <br />And wish you could fly <br />And see the world at your fingertips. <br /> <br />Don't cry, child <br />For long-gone yesterdays <br />Or yearned-for tomorrows <br /> <br />Don't cry, child <br />For what you have done today <br />Forgive <br />Start a new day <br />Make it better than the last.<br /><br />Nina Dringo<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/don-t-cry-child/
