Language fails

i. tantrum

When the child has grown enough
To know his mother's providence
Of food and warmth and comfort,
Has seen that needs are met, and cries
Receive response;

Then will times enough arise
That show the world's indifference
And lack of any fairness, and
That cries for natural justice
Meet impasse —

Then pressure builds that needs release,
But words are found to be in league
With human broken promises,
And wishful thoughts of fairer worlds, and
Language fails.