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I not looking for pity I not looking for sympathy This just a snippet of what goes on In real life Not just in films or TV programmes But real people do suffer shame and misery and not knowing what they have done to deserve it

My childhood

I received my child service record's about my life

And as I read the 500 pages it cut deep in to me just like a knife 

A Mother that didn't want me a father that didn't care

Brothers and a sister that didn't really want me  being there 

Locked in a dark coal bunker with no  glint of light

Beaten up everyday by people I could not fight 

If something went wrong I was the one to blame 

Broken shoes and ripped clothes I was so full of shame 

I was sent out to steal  and I could not say no

Because  if I refused I was Beaten and I was  made to go

As time went by and I started to grow
There were things about me that I needed to know. 

But no one would tell me and pushed me aside 

Like a dirty  secret everybody wanted to hide

Now I'm a man and I will do what it will take
To find out why I was not wanted
Me the mistake.

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