Damian Keady Poet Free verse

The Best Days of My Life - Growing Pains But No Pain Now

When I was young it was not much fun
As I never lived with my Mum
My Dad I never knew either
I think he lived in the ether
He was certainly never on my radar

All my young life I spent searching
For that mother and son nurturing
It however was not to be, at least not for me

My personal journey was like this

From the home where I was born
They used to call them Mother and Baby Homes
Which were run by nasty nuns 

One of these was my place of birth, but they were places of hurt
For all those other young mums to be, and all those other babies still to be

That was the only place where I lived with my Mum
Because at just 6 weeks old it was all done

I was then sent to another home
Where no one knew and came to see me
Apart occasionally my real Mum 
As she alone knew where to come

She for whatever reason could not keep me
She never even told her own family
What a way to carry on
Never to say she had a son, or to tell her own Mum, that you have a Grandson

So, as I got older I got bolder
I broke out when I was in my teens
As I needed to leave my foster family
I just could not ever forgive 
Everything they had did

I then thereafter went into care

And not long after I was there, I started to then smell fresh air
No more hurting physically
No more wondering when I might eat
My own bed and three meals a day
So many people that cared and shared, who listened and wanted you there

So, my life in social care, was The Best Time of My Life 

Until I myself became a Dad
As you just can’t top that!

DAMO

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