a poem from me

OK, so I don't write poetry very often, but I was thinking about the Safeline kids today and wrote this.

for Laiken and Johnny

your eyes

so hungry

searching

for food--

yes

but you need more

than sustenance wrapped in a plastic bag.

someone to see

you

hold you

love you.

tell you

of better things

other possibilities

than those that live

in your ramshackle

world.