Return to Home Page Return to Anne Margetson Index DEAR CHILD Did you only know fear and pain? Scared to try and lift your head again! Did you ever see the world outside? Or were you forced to cringe and hide? Did you ever know a loving touch? A kind word that would mean so much, No, you were forever in a living hell Like a poor neglected animal in a cell! I wish I could have found you, Put my loving arms around you, Let you know what love is about, Not in the hands of a cruel lout. But now sweet child you are free From pain, in God’s arms you’ll be. Know the touch of the Father’s love No one can hurt you there up above. M Ann Margetson December 9, 1999 © Written in memory of the child found buried under rocks on the lake shore