Fairness dances away elusively
The brightest lights flicker, then turn dark
You are now an idea we cannot see
Limited by time, you still made your mark
Betrayal against boyish colored blue
Tragically, evil controlled the helms
When everyone you trusted has failed you
The sadness in your story overwhelms
Left without vision of who you will be
Abandonment of care was defaulted
When counting stops at merely twenty-three
Earthly justice appears to have halted
Where does real adjudication derive
In twenty-three months of being alive
© Christopher Chronister, 09/18/2018
Sep 18, 2018
Sep 18, 2018 at 4:05 AM UTC
Fairness dances away elusively
The brightest lights flicker, then turn dark
You are now an idea we cannot see
Limited by time, you still made your mark
Betrayal against boyish colored blue
Tragically, evil controlled the helms
When everyone you trusted has failed you
The sadness in your story overwhelms
Left without vision of who you will be
Abandonment of care was defaulted
When counting stops at merely twenty-three
Earthly justice appears to have halted
Where does real adjudication derive
In twenty-three months of being alive
© Christopher Chronister, 09/18/2018
I wrote this after reading about a 23 month old boy who was tragically killed by his mother's boyfriend.
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