Are You Coming Back?

Poetry
Avatar of Amanda M. ThrasherBy Amanda M. Thrasher
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Are You Coming Back

Are You Coming Back

What are you doing?
Where will you go?
Will you come back?
We simply don’t know

Why are you leaving?
What did we do?
We can do better
We’ll be good; it’s true

I don’t understand the hurt in your eyes
We’re your children
Shouldn’t you smile?

Look what we drew you
Would you like to see?
Our handprints and footprints
For your memories

We said please and thank you
And did the right thing
We remember the words
For forgiveness of sin

We’re really not hungry
We won’t eat that much
We’ll share a banana
Just share your touch

Please don’t leave us
Put down your case
Unpack your clothes
We’ll make you a cake

We know it’s not your birthday
But we love you, you see
We just want you to love us
Can you do that please?

This poem was inspired after my visit with the children at the Pythian Home in Weatherford, TX.  Some children don’t leave until they graduate college. Though the children I spent time with are loved, happy, and healthy, I couldn’t help wondering what runs through the mind of a child that’s dropped off at a home but isn’t picked up for some time, if ever.

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Amanda M. Thrasher

Author Amanda M. Thrasher was born in England, moved to Texas and resides there still. Author of picture books, middle-grade chapter books, early readers, and young adult pieces. Additional work includes a graphic novel written specifically for the Texas Municipal Courts Education Center, Driving on the Right Side of the Road program (DRSR), titled What If . . . A Story of Shattered Lives, which was adapted into a reader’s theater.

Amanda is a multiple Gold Recipient of The Mom’s Choice Awards® (MCA) for YA, General Fiction, and early reader chapter books. A Readers’ Favorite International Book Award winner for YA Social Issues, an NTBF winner for YA and General Fiction, and she was awarded a New Apple Literary Award for YA and general fiction.

As Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Progressive Rising Phoenix Press, she assists other authors with their work and shares her writing process and publishing experience with them. Her latest release, CAPTAIN FIN, was based on a contract to adapt a screenplay into a novel for the director, actor, and producer Kevin James O’Neill. She continues to speak and share her work with children and adults of all ages, conducts workshops, writes a blog, and contributes to an online magazine. Her next WIP is the sequel to CAPTAIN FIN.

The Mom’s Choice Awards® (MCA) evaluates products and services created for children, families, and educators. The program is globally recognized for establishing the benchmark of excellence in family-friendly media, products, and services. The organization is based in the United States and has reviewed thousands of entries from more than 55 countries. Around the world, parents, educators, retailers, and members of the media look for the MCA mother-and-child Honoring Excellence seal of approval when selecting quality products and services for children and families.

The NTBF, North Texas Book Festival, assists schools and public libraries with literacy programs in North Texas. Since its inception, it has awarded more than $45,000.00 in grants to deserving programs.

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4 Comments
  1. Avatar of Christina G.
    Christina G. says

    This was an awesome way to honor those children in pain. Some of them don’t have the words to express what you did so well here!

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    1. Avatar of Amanda MThrasher
      Amanda MThrasher says

      Thank you Christina,

      I appreciate you kind words and know exactly what you mean, it broke my heart. Even though the children I visited with were beautiful, healthy, and loved, I couldn’t help but wonder if they knew why they were there.

      All my best,
      Amanda

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  2. Avatar of Kathleen M. Rodgers
    Kathleen M. Rodgers says

    Amanda,

    Your poem captures so much! I saw the photos of you at the Pythian Home and I know you touched many lives there. The children seemed to gravitate toward you!

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    1. Avatar of Amanda MThrasher
      Amanda MThrasher says

      Kathleen they were awesome!

      Thank you for reading my poem. I just wondered if they wondered, “Why me?” “Why am I here?” They all attend public school and come home to a castle, in a fantasy world it would be ideal. But surely they still want to go home.

      I appreciate your time and kind words.

      Amanda

      Reply
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