"FACINGFACES 2002 - 04" SELECTED POETRY (Part 2)

The other side of nowhere

Where do children go
When they're not here anymore?
What happens when they go away?
Wherever they are, it seems
They're there and there they'll stay.

Where do they go,
Those children so fair?
Where do they go when they're far away?
Wherever they are I hope and pray
That they are able to laugh and play.

This place, where children go
With hope filled dreams or so,
Is a place not so fair I'm afraid
Filled with terror, misery, and pain.

Where do children go
When they're not here anymore?
I'm afraid to ask, to seek, to know.
It's not a place so kindly I suspect;
Not a place that I will ever know.

James C. Wardlaw - Usa