I do not work in child protection for fortune
Or to be remembered in the annals of history;
Rather I take on this burden so that a child
May have a better life story;
My job is not rewarded with medals or gold,
It is the thought of a child who may rest his head
Peacefully at night to which I hold;
Hours are long and emotions are burdened
By knowledge of things no child’s eyes should see;
I cannot undo the pain,
I can only promise
To do my all to make it what has been, not what will be;
As I look back on my many years, I realise
That experience comes with the weight of memory,
Therefore those heartbreaking cases I have seen
Cannot be lifted from me;
Though recognition or appreciation are fleeting desires of the ego,
Those selfish thoughts must pass quickly as off to another crisis I go;
Please know, respected members of our community,
That I and my brothers and sisters who share this common cause
Will always fight to make the abuse of a child not what will be, but what was.
Anonymous
