This Is Not Ok

His mother always let him down,

Called him names,

pushed him around,

she never joined in his childhood games.

By his fifteenth birthday,

he'd seen it all,

Drug abuse, sexual assault,

his mother's rise and fall.

He moved out,

first chance he got,

left the town,

and forgot the lot.

He is one of many,

across the globe,

whose life ended,

before it began.

We need to help them,

give them our support,

'cause people are dying,

and it's not ok.

How can you smile,

how can you be happy,

when all their lives,

are so crappy.