Make Them Cry No More:
When I remember those
painful nine months
journey-
discomforts of those
three hundred days-
when I recall several hours
in labor room-
the
house-of-torture-
when I look at the
three-year-weaning-period,
I ask: should parents lose
a child?
Whenever I remember the
immeasurable labor of
day and night,
endless toiling-in the winter,
summer, autumn, and
spring-
incalculable daily-child-care
between home front and
secular job;
whenever I recall all
those
formative years' infinite
assignment of parenting,
when I recall early
lessons and
instructions of life,
I ask again:
should parents lose this
child?
Whenever I recall the
first day at school-
the joy on parents’ faces,
which later turns to cry
as they leave their child
in
a trusted hand-first time and
the baby replies with a
cry:
I ask:
should parents lose this
gem?
In no time, Pre-K
schooling ends,
Kindergarten schooling
follows,
like a streak of
lightning-
Elementary school journey
is completed.
I remember immense
investment-
all the schools’ supplies,
all home works done-night
and day-
I remember all the schools’
projects-
books, journals, magazines
read,
libraries, and thousands of
websites
visited.
Finally, the day arrives-
Elementary school journey
is over-
transition to middle
school begins;
I remember those three
hard years-
as school works become
more challenging.
Language Arts replaces
simple
English lessons,
algebra, chemistry, biology,
citizenship studies, history,
government operations at
all levels
become subjects of study;
once again, I ask:
should we waste this
unquantifiable investment?
In no time,
another three years rolled
by-
like a flash of thunder-
yesterday toddler is now a
senior high.
I remember the community-
service of a good citizenship-
volunteer services
to immediate neighborhood.
Hurray! Graduation and
Proms-
are here-
as a wonderful future lie
ahead-
madly, I ask: should we
lose this
future prospect to
shooting?
Investments are heavy,
pains are much,
emotional scars remain
eternally.
Stop Shooting! Stop Shooting!!
Again, I say: stop shooting.
Let our children live,
let our future live,
let tomorrow’s scientists,
astronauts
doctors, inventors,
managers, and
future LEADERS LIVE.