WHY


The summer day on the playground
He looked at me pain on his face
Tears in his eyes
Asking why, he had to ask

I didn't have the answers for him
I wanted to play
His eyes cried out
The other children teased him

Their taunting chants
Over and over making him cry
Then they laughed
And ran around him

He fell to his knees
Asking why
The pain stayed with him
Over and over they haunted him

Michael V Hechtman Copyright 2000