The Hopelessness of the Homeless

He is so angry; school is the least of his worries. Sad are his days; he is nine. Grandma wants to kick them out; step grandpa hates them aunt hates them everyone hates them they have lived in and out of shelters. been kicked out - he and his three year old sister along with their mother who hates a lot of people. he is on his mother's side. he gets angry if things are pointed out too succinctly. I believe my mother, he says when asked if he heard grandma say she is kicking them out. defensive, angry, a concrete wall, built to keep him safe, to keep his sadness inside the floodgates are not about to open. he makes sure of that. never let them see your tears, his mother says. I may have to live under bridges. but you cannot come. you will have to live with your dad. you will be homeless, and he will not want you, but it would not be fair to take you with me. i will be so homeless. hopeless, homeless, rejected, dejected, his anger comes out at school, classmates loathe him. not realizing what he has to do to cover up his sadness.