{"id":303,"date":"2020-07-11T13:28:04","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T12:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ruggeasey.co.uk\/wp\/2020\/07\/11\/the-walls-reverberate-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-01-08T19:03:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T19:03:43","slug":"little-children-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ruggeasey.co.uk\/wp\/2020\/07\/11\/little-children-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Little Children<\/strong> <\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong>(1978)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Let little children come to me”
Said Jesus, “Let them stay ;
“Heaven is built by such as these
“So turn them not away.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But mothers with no time for kids;
Short-tempered Mums who yell;
No-nonsense Mums, unsmiling Mums
All make a child’s life hell.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I see them in their private hells
Grow warped beyond repair.
Oh Christ! What waste of love and joy –
And what use that I care.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I long to help them, hold them tight
And share in their despair
I long to help them, but I can’t;
I must not interfere.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meg Rugg-Easey May 1978<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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