THE CREAM AND THE DROSS
All children are swallowed by education,
controlled and shaped to become a nation,
the mentally sharp are pushed to the fore,
given attention and ways to explore.
The physically fit become the sport stars,
lifted and exalted with names on bars,
the rest are pretty much just ignored,
to find their own way as those deplored.
There's no individual search for talent,
so many gifts lay undiscovered and latent,
every single child can excel at something,
if someone will take the trouble to start at nothing.
All have seeds of abilities planted within,
but seeds need water so fruits it can bring,
when no one finds it and makes it grow,
it remains just a seed that never glows.
Monica Maartens ©Copyright
22 March 2018
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