<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=370416" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Plight of World’s Children Today</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Like buds nipped before turning into flowers; <br>Like flowers plucked before fully blossoming, <br>Crushed without being allowed to form seed –<br>This is the state of world’s children today! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Like seedlings pulled like weeds with roots from soil, <br>Like sprouted plants that never can turn trees, <br>With branches trimmed or broken off like twigs –<br>This is the state of world’s children today! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Like saplings not nurtured by sun and rain, <br>Like plants, whose leaves are eaten by stray beasts, <br>Whose roots can never find right type of soil –<br>This is the state of world’s children today! <br> <br>When human beings treat their own offspring<br>In ways inhuman, most condemnable, <br>How can God bless mankind upon the earth? <br>No wonder Nature kills adults likewise! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Copyright by Dr John Celes 09-17-08</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Celes">John Celes</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=370416" data-title="Plight of World’s Children Today de John Celes" data-description="Like buds nipped before turning into flowers; Like flowers plucked before fully blossoming, Crushed without being allowed to form seed – This is the state of world’s children today! Like seedlings pulled like weeds with roots from soil, L..."></div> </div> </div>

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