There Are Children Who Cry

In the darkness of the night

a man and woman; they have a fight

A child awakes and only cries

and as dawn breaks; somebody dies

A mama sits by the grave alone

shedding her tears out in the cold

Looking back at her last chance

she sits stone-cold in her circumstance

There are children who cry

for too many reasons why

born innocent, they are taken from here

just because of all the things they hear

A young mother; just the age of fifteen

knows no other way than what she has seen

Treading through her shattered life

she tries so hard to make a good wife

She's flown across the room in the air

she don't know why nobody cares

She stays with him just because

she feels alone and oh so lost

She keeps staying so very strong

never knowing what she did wrong

Though she does the best that she can

trying so hard to please this man

There are children who cry

for too many reasons why

born innocent, they are taken from here

just because of all the things they hear

He comes in late from work one night

came from the bar and ready to fight

She wonders why when she stays so quiet

why is it she can't do anything right?

He raises his hand to their newborn child

and he looks at her; his face gone wild

She stands between the two she has loved

takes all the blows and hears her angels above

She lies there so lifeless and still

what just happened; it can't be real

Under her arm, the baby's so near

How could he harm the ones he'd loved so dear

There are children who cry

for too many reasons why

born innocent, they are taken from here

all because of just the things they hear

Three days later as all the cars roll by

two more gone, like a thief in the night

We turn our heads, never asking why

when all along, we know it's not right

Everywhere there are children who cry

but the clock keeps ticking, oh so slowly by

new babies are born to a torn down home

and mama's are crying all alone

There are children who cry

for too many reasons why

born innocent, they are taken from here

all because of what they will hear

born innocent, they are taken from here

just because of what they will hear

(c)levislace/kadeegracepublishing

This was written as a poem and later made into a song.

The enormous amount of self-love and discipline it takes for a woman to walk away is horrendous courage. This is in honor of the ones who have succeeded at getting out and in honor of the ones who die trying.