Tangled webs

"Oh what tangled webs we weave 
when first we practise to deceive!"

What a fine mess we make when we are dishonest
When we cannot even be truthful to ourselves
How many are doing things that are not right?
How many stay together simply because they don't want a fight?
So many poor little children trapped in the middle of relationships
Where parents no longer love each other: loveless relationships
Trying to keep it together for the kids: yet love is on the skids
Is it better to separate & remain friends or better to stay together?
Full of hatred: no matter what the cost to everyone concerned
I sometimes wonder where it will all end: husbands killing their children
Just to spite their own wives: why kill the innocents before themselves?
Why not in all honesty just do it to yourself? Lord help us!
It is so sad to see poor children suffering: needlessly: heedlessly
Why do parents hurt their own children: what possesses them?
What madness consumes their souls to see no other way?
Than to punish a little child who maybe cries too much
Oh Lord there are so many who need your help but will not ask
Not knowing any other way: it is such a crying shame!
Who do you blame? The parents? Their parents? Society?
Would they have known any better? Would they even ask for help?
God only knows the whys & wherefores: for I surely do not understand?
I guess people just continue on without praying: without asking
Dearest Lord I pray for so many little children who have done no wrong
Please help them & keep them strong! Please come soon! Don't be long!