I: Steven Cunio

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Keywords: baby pain, lonely, hidden, untouched, tears.

I wrote this poem to describe the pain I feel when I see people going daily through life, keeping all their sorrows to themselves. People despairing at being seen to be weak if they were to share their pain. I wish people would talk to each other openly. That's being strong not weak. We seem to have it the wrong way round.


Baby Pain

And the tears flow down
The baby's face
A lonely stare
Into empty space
And as the child grows
The stare remains
In this lonely town
This lonely place.

People come
People go
Passers by
Full of woe
Slouching hunched
In the rain
Cry their tears
To hide the pain
Hidden, untouched,
Alone again,
We cry the tears of baby pain.

Copyfreely November 8, 2002


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