It is amazing


How at an early age


We learn by practice


To tell little lies


When found out


Caring parents will teach a child


Accountability for their their words and deeds


Thus setting a child’s path for life


As the years go by


For some


Lying and miss deeds become habitual


Their denials and excuses are meaningless


They accept no responsibility for what they have done


Their actions are both disgusting and reprehensible


I slide back in my chair


And read about the sale of flesh and bone


I put down my paper


I see newborns


Full of life and vibrant for all to see


I look off to the side


I see endless lines of dismembered babies


Being haggled over


No one cares


It is just flesh and bone


Little One


What is your name


Has no one pleaded for you


And then I remember


“Suffer not the little ones”  


Truly for this carnage


Many will stand before the Bar