Human Race



Sometimes life is so unfair, people who want children cannot bare
While others can and just don't care

Some couples want so badly to have a child
Someone else is crying over their baby who's just died

Sometimes it makes me so angry to see the news
To hear about all the child abuse

Some parents have children whom they neglect
When they're supposed to be there to protect

Others will kill for just a thrill

Some will sell their babies for a bit of cash
While others don't give it a second thought and throw them in the trash

Children's bodies covered in bruises and welts
From all the lashes they receive from the tip of their parents belt

Some parents play with their children's mind
Not knowing all the scars it will leave behind

Other parents don't have the time
And their children end up in a life of crime

These parents should be put away, locked up in jail with no bail

Throw away the key, they must pay for what they did to an innocent baby

Sometimes I feel disgraced, to be a part of this thing called the "Human Race"
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA XX BX CC X DD BX EE FF X X X
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,007
Words 195
Stanzas 12
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1

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