Trading

I watched some kids in second grade, in one of the schools where I work, getting overly involved in trading cards and toys that go with the cards. One child got angry with another child because he refused to trade a pocket watch for a certain card that he wanted him to get. This seemingly harmless game of trading if continued can become something more troubling that I have witnessed first hand within my own family. That is what prompted me to write “Trading”.

Trading

By Marian M. Fay

I’ll give you this card for that card

This card for that toy

That toy for your toy

Your toy for that knife

This knife for that drug

This drug for that drug

That drug for harder drugs

Harder drugs for that lifestyle

That lifestyle for life on the streets

Life on the streets is no life at all

No life at all or life with God

You Decide.