Title: Protect Our Children
Dimensions:24" x 36" stretched canvas
Medium: Chalk Pastel & Marker
 
"Grow up," we say.
"Stop crying," we plead.
"Be quiet," we scream.
"Do as you're told," we demand.
And then we wonder why there are
So many adults who can't find the
Courage to speak, or feel, or create.
Maybe there are so many 
wild souls in cages
Because we put them there. 
- Brooke Hampton