In the land of stars and stripes, a somber truth resides,
Where roads become a battleground, where countless lives collide.
More than 38,000 souls, each year, meet their untimely fate,
On U.S. roads, where tragedy strikes, leaving hearts heavy with weight.

From 1899 to 2013, a staggering count we find,
3,613,732 lives lost, leaving loved ones behind.
A history of motor vehicle fatalities, etched upon our land,
A haunting reminder of the fragility of life, held in our hands.

But it's not just on the roads, where sorrow finds its way,
For children torn from parents, a price they have to pay.
437,283 young hearts, removed from their homes last year,
A statistic that echoes, a cry that we must hear.

Federal reports reveal a truth, a number hard to bear,
9+ million children, separated, a burden we must share.
84% of these separations, devoid of physical harm,
Yet still, they're torn apart, innocence left disarmed.

Neglect, they say, is the reason, a label placed with ease,
But often, it's just poverty, a cry for help, a desperate plea.
61% of placements, deemed neglect by social worker's hand,
Yet neglect is often just what poverty looks like, in this land.

Let us not turn a blind eye, to these stories left untold,
To the pain and suffering, is well known