Robbed Childhood
I understand robbery
And lives flexed from a good reality
A rubbery existence
A hollow place leaving difficulty to stand
Children deserve the very best
Of what a parent can give
A reality ground in loving communion
A life that healthy parents together planned
Children don’t deserve dysfunction
And being the canvas for a sick parent’s distorted views
They don’t deserve to be robbed of their childhood
This is the worst way a child can be abused
Children deserve their innocence
It shouldn’t be envied by hearts eaten through with bitterness
The innocence should be treasured through and through
Children don’t deserve this treasure ripped away
They don’t deserve their innocence taken
By someone who once had theirs ripped away from them too
Perpetuating misery only leads to more misery
Children deserve a life free from misery and pain
They deserve a life of health and soundness of mind
They don’t deserve to dwell in darkness because a parent has lost their light
They don’t deserve a robbed childhood because of blinded existence
This kind of harm to a child is the very worst of its kind
Children are truly the future
A future adult of what is given to them as a youth
Or a future adult of what has been robbed of them from being a kid
Children deserve the very best of what a parent can give
They don’t deserve this only moment, their childhood, robbed from them
They deserve to know their parents love, that their parents very best was what they did
Joel Prickett
2/7/21
joelsintervention.com 