Cheated Childhoods Poem by Della Perry

Screamed at the paternal threads were sliced............. as the.......? this is a very worthy addition to 'pro-life' literature. i happen to be 'pro-choice', but abortions would be nicer if there was never a need/desire for one to occur. let's have more education, availability of contraceptives, and counseling, and adoptions instead [if only there were enough willing adults who wanted to adopt all the babies who would otherwise be 'up' for adoption after being given up at birth or abandoned or abused and 'taken away' later]! sure, abortion may be over-used by some people who are unfortunate and/or irresponsible, but as things stand, i feel, for those who choose it, it should be available. does either the human or bird fetus feel the pain? we may not ever know. but it is sure (to me) that without abortions, much more pain (physical and emotional) will be meted out to children and adults. I’m not clear on you use of “toddler”. I assume “sharks” are “the abortion” or “the abortionists”. let’s agree to disagree somewhat over the abortion issue, but I do like the poem. I shall add it to MyPoemList. bri :) p.s. i've known several women who have had abortions and i think it was good that they had them. none needed one because of ME!

This poem is so very powerful as emotions saturate every line...so much left unsaid indeed, it casts the reader into an abyss of the past where sorrow and regret are alive and well. Great poem! !

Life! ! With so much left unsaid. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

Verily, such heart touching poem and a crisis that needs an urgent solution....10 I invite you to read my poems

my poem Gods Original three elders also has some empathetic lines for children Lost in birth be it accident or thru abortion very pro life verse's in it as well.

i'll add this to my/our September 'showcase for PH poets' on my PH site. and i'll change at to as, if you don't mind. let me know if you mind, Della. bri :) and i'll follow your poem in the showcase with one i wrote on a related subject (if i can find it in my poems; i think its title is 'creation') .