Little Children

Little Children

Growing up so fast, children do the unthinkable.
Simultaneously they bless while they break your heart.
What’s going on in their minds, as their emotions rage?
And the decisions for their lives only tear you apart.

Little children, little children
What’s become of our little children?
Nothing seems so little about—
The magnitude of their decisions.

Little children, bright eyed and full of hope,
They have the whole world before them.
Until their dreams come crashing down
When little children make littler children.

Little children or perhaps we should now call them little adults,
As society tells us they are old enough to make up their own minds.
But we know that they’re only children, when deep down inside—
They only make bad decisions from the confusions that they find.

Saturation of bad news and negativity of the media,
Everyday they’re bombarded with images that shouldn’t be seen.
But we were once children and it was difficult for us too—
Struggling to keep our lives from becoming quite obscene.

What the world needs now are positive role models—
People like you and me living opposite from the television.
We can be a positive force with the remainder of our lives,
And help our little children make better life decisions.

Greg Butz
February 15th 2009

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This poem was written based upon the life of the fifteen year old girl and thirteen year old boy who just became parents. I was encouraged to write this poem from the facebook reflection of Tiffany.

The words of Christ resound in my mind when he declared, “suffer not, the children to come unto me.” There is so much hope for the next generation, yet they always seem to be negatively influenced by the decisions from the previous one. Either way we still need to love the little children, even when they make the wrong decisions for their lives. They need our love and our prayers!