The Fate Of A Child Poem by Tan Pratonix

The Fate Of A Child

Rating: 3.5


Flourishing,
like a sapling, green
and tender
and full of life, sprouts
a young child,
pure and innocent,
in a world strewn
with seeds of vice
and corruption;

Only to be choked
by hateful weeds,
only to wither
a rotting corpse
which crumbles
to dust.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Crystal Nealey 28 January 2006

you know fate is a funny thing, sometimes it can throw you for a loop lets just hope that fate is kind to one of them.....all in all great job i loved it

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Martin Turner 28 January 2006

Yes, but this is an entirely conventional sentiment. The question is: how to create a new angle.

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Solomon Brook 26 January 2006

I love the scheme of this poem, its a believable portrayal of a sad reality for some children right after being born. If born at all.

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