I Want For Them

I Want For Them

I want for them, a day When living can be fun No more drinking dirty water And surviving on the run.

I want for them, a smile No more tears in hollow eyes See faces creased in laughter Each day a new surprise.

I want for them, to be fed In their bellies and their minds With food and education So they won’t be left behind.

I want for them, a roof Over their tiny, precious heads No sleeping on cold soil But warmly covered in a bed.

I want for them, protection From immunisation’s prick To save more from dying young And many others getting sick.

I want for them, a time When we can live as one And children live, as children should Dancing freely in the sun.

x Elaine