Smile!

This is a poem which I wrote for a school contest  and won first prize in. Title: My So-Called 'Free' Country Inspired By: The sad state of the children doing dangerous work at construction sites. I decided to put myself in their shoes and write their pains in childhood which is supposed to be pleasant. Poem:  I live in a so-called 'Free' country, In which even a child like me is forced to work. The upper class have some liberty to stay around and  watch us, poor, do all the work. The 'democracy' thinks its fair to not even let one single hair on our body rest. I work all day, My parents work every second, And what do we get? Few grains that are wet. We are sold and harassed What a democracy! No one to protest! And if we REFUSE, You what will happen? We are tortured and hit, Beaten and whipped. So what do I want? MY  right, free education for every child. Mercy is not needed, nor charity, Just concern for...

At school we wrote a poem based on No! by Thomas Hood. If you know the poem, then read on and if you don't then here's the link to the poem which you'll have to read to understand mine, Link:  http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/no/ My poem: INVISIBLE!           In the universe, in the galaxy,           In the world, in the Earth, In the air, in the land, In the fair, in the game,          In the heart who is known,          In the part which is not known, In the brain, in the mind, In the train, in the find,         In the unknown,         In the for known, Invisible!