He Didn't Qualify
He Didn't QualifySociety remained comfortable
with putting a child who needed major surgery
on his emotional well-being
into one program after another
that had only band-aids to offer.
There were places he could have gone
to get the help he needed,
but he didn't qualify.
He was always either
too bright or too slow;
too young or too old;
too financially well-off
or not financially well-off enough;
too this or too that.
He grew to be a man,
and his problems grew worse--
MUCH WORSE!
There was a cell on death-row
and an execution date--
He qualified.
Ainsley Jo Phillips
Note: You can find a longer piece with this poem included in it by going HERE.
If you would like to learn how to help more kids to "qualify" in all of the right ways, please check out Youth Outreach International, which has been lovingly founded by my very special friend, Russell T. Hartsaw.
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