Give the Child a Chance – A Poem by Elizabeth Akunyili, Nigeria

Give the child a chance
To know life as a bed of rose
Don’t over, under – protect
Give the child his place to thrive

To know life as a bed of rose
Let the child explore the thorn
Give the child his place to thrive
Don’t save him from every fall

Let the child explore the thorn
But fortify him for days of war
Give him the space to snore
Just don’t save him from every fall

But fortify him for days of war
Give the child a chance
To know life as his stage to play
Give the child a chance

This Poem was published in the September 2019 edition of the WSA magazine. Please click here to download.

Read – Dramatic Monologue of ‘Politricktians’ – A Poem by Onoruoiza Mark Onuchi, Nigeria