Where did the Child's Soul go?

Where did it go?

The Child’s Soul

Where has it gone?

It's supposed to be there

But it's not

So where did it go??

Now that it's been

Removed

From his body

Torn from it

Swiftly, violently

Lacerated, obliterated

Like the delicate flesh

That once held it

I hope

Wherever that Soul is now

That it is being held

With tenderness,

Warmth, and devotion

By Those who Love him

Truly, and endlessly

I can gaze upon

His body

For only a moment

Before my own Soul

Cries out, claws out

From within me

I can hear it screaming:

“Where do any of the Souls of our Children Go?!”

After they’ve been forced out

from their little bodies

I do not know

Does anybody?

Will somebody

Please answer me?

Can someone please

Tell me

Where that child's Soul went?

No??

Ok

Well

To keep my Soul

From leaving my body

I must

Dream of a place

Where his Soul

And the Souls of All our Children

Including the Children of our pasts,

Our futures

The Child that weeps

In your Heart

The Child that seethes

In mine

All of them

I will dream of a place

Where All the Souls

Of All the Children of the World

Can play, can laugh

And dance

And eat their favorite foods

Sing their favorite songs

Catch all the frogs

And name all the clouds

All of the things

A Child could need and want

Such a place

Exists?

Right?

Where else

Could his Soul

Possibly go?

My Soul

The Child within my heart

Is still waiting for

An answer