'Were They Not Once Children Too' Poem by David Bennett

'WERE THEY NOT ONCE CHILDREN TOO'

Once they were innocent before Wrath took them down its rocky path
Untouched by violence, evil never seen
Oh please tell me what happened in between
Hurting now children, from once hence they came
Innocent babies looking into their eyes
Can they please not listen to their cries
Before they hurt them can they not look back to times when young
Can they not remember back to those days not deep in the past
Before their childlike innocence was lost!

David Bennett