Nuances Clarity In Over Protecting Children Justified Poem by Terence George Craddock

pale sheet Ada addressed
a difficult topic to pin
down a blood taboo subject
with bait themes candy child

love sex sweet
barb implications
is sexual exploitation
of a child a little girl somebodies

daughter
subject theme
rarely addressed

written about
a subject swept
under the carpet

neglected
because
for many of us
who care about

our children
and all children
this is one
of our worst

nightmares
does inaction
implicate us

in the crime
not when over
protecting our children


Copyright © Terence George Craddock