WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR(STREET KIDS)

It seems everyone I know has a story to tell regarding a family member or a close friend that has children that got caught in the dreaded drug trap.Lucky for me it hasn't hit too close to home,but it is obvious as we walk our streets and see the kids-at all hours of the day and night,wandering and lost.Where does the help come from?I suppose we do have to do all we can to stop the flow of drugs into our country,but meanwhile there's much work to do helping these kids.


IN QUIET CITY ALLEYS.AWAY FROM THE LIGHT,
OR ALONE IN THE PARK,LIVE THE KIDS OF THE NIGHT.
FROM BROKEN DOWN FAMILIES,OR PARENTS THAT BEAT,
THESE PLACES GIVE US,OUR KIDS OF THE STREET.
THEY THINK WE DON'T LOVE THEM,SO THEY HAVE TO BE TOUGH.
BUT TO LEAVE THEM OUTCAST,JUST ISN'T ENOUGH,
IN GRAVE MORAL DANGER,FROM PERVERTS AND THUGS
AND MORONS THAT CREEP THE STREETS SELLING DRUGS.
THESE ARE OUR CHILDREN,NOT SOMEONE'S MISTAKE
TO SHOW THAT WE CARE,JUST WHAT DOES IT TAKE?
TWELVE YEAR OLD GIRLS ,WAIT ON CORNERS FOR MEN,
A BOY,THE SAME AGE IN A STRANGERS CAR THEN
DISAPEARS OUT OF SITE FOR WHO KNOWS WHAT FOR,
COULD YOU SEE YOUR CHILD ANOTHER MANS WHORE?
POLICE SIRENS WAIL, AND SCREAM DOWN THE STREET,
ONE MORE OF OUR KIDS,LIE DEAD AT THEIR FEET.
SOUP KITCHENS ARE FULL,BUT NOT ALL GET FED
QUEUES AT CHARITY HOMES,IN NEED OF A BED.
THOSE THAT MISS OUT-- RETURN TO THE PARK,
ALONE,TIRED AND FRIGHTENED,OUT THERE,IN THE DARK.
THEY ALL MISS THE LOVE THAT A PARENT SHOULD GIVE
WARMTH,COMFORT AND PEACE,FROM THE PLACE THAT WE LIVE
WHERE LIES THERE FUTURE, AND WHAT LAYS IN STORE
THEY NEED OUR HELP-----WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR ?