They say children are the future,

so why don’t they act like it?

Say their names:

Tamir Rice

Michael Brown

Children in cages,

separated from their parents.

Drinking brown colored water,

filled with lead.

Because of the color of their skin?

Not safe to go to school:

Sandy Hook

Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Because our country loves its guns more than its youth?

Distance learning,

but no internet in some homes

no desks for others,

no quiet place to learn.

Restaurants are open,

but not schools

Because our country values food over books?

California is on fire.

The world keeps getting hotter.

Smog and pollution everywhere.

Because our country is ignoring Greta Thunberg?

They say children are the future

so why don’t they act like it?

If children could vote:

No child would go hungry.

Children would live in homes and not cages.

All children would learn.

Black lives would matter.

School would be a safe place.

We would all breathe clean air.

We would all drink clean water.

Children are the future;

let’s start acting like it!