They are the future of humanity <br />But many of them living in poverty <br />And without shelter homeless on the street <br />Searching through rubbish bins for scraps of food to eat. <br /> <br />Poor children are victims of circumstance <br />In life they never really get a chance <br />Or have opportunities as privileged children do <br />The road from the poor suburb to prison leads them to. <br /> <br />From broken homes they are condemned to fail <br />Their abusive and drug addicted parents serving time in jail <br />Their parents too homeless in their teen years <br />On no hope street no laugther only tears. <br /> <br />The Government does not care about those who live in poverty <br />No political advantage in philanthropy do they see <br />Their tally men for them have taken note <br />That few in the poor suburb ever bother for to vote. <br /> <br />Poor children without homes and sleeping rough <br />And life for them already hard enough <br />At the wrong end of the social divide <br />Any chance of a good future to them is denied.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/poor-children/
