Why?

Why do you hurt?
Where have you been
to see the terror
and the pain that resides
in your eyes?
So young and tender,
where is the light given you?
where is the hope ?
where is the sense of
wonderment?
does it always die
so soon?
do you care for what
may be, or do you
only care for what will
never be?
is life so painful that
only death is cheerful?
who do you hurt?
they seem not to care,
motivated to do what is right for them.
they have lost their way
they have not seen what you have seen
forgive them for they know not what they do
tell them of your pain, share with them your burden
look for the sun,reach for the light, give him
a dreadful look
why do you hurt?
why?

1984