Long Foster care Poems

Wounded Sacred Dementia

My last foster care-provider
and -receiver story
is also a sad story
of my last special needs adoption
of bipolar born,
and oppositionally reared,
alcoholism.

My BiPolar Wounded Child
turned an auspicious five
on the day I first saw her,
and promptly rejected...

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They called her Cookie at Animal Welfare, she had a white body with one black ear and a black spot on her upper butt. She had a friendly face and was 
pretty girl. Could not...

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The Tyrant

Was born ginger
and learned WhiteRacist
from Dad
dead now about a year.

Possibly opioid addiction
but certainly something
in growing families
of yin-suppressed
self-medicating
LeftBrain too dominant
addictions
to chemical acclimations.

Dad left by death
Tyrant's also addicted
and chronically depressed mother
And his only white racist
twelve year...

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Playing Batman and Robin is a lot different

When the Riddler is your Stepfather

And simultaneously an alcoholic and pedophile

When your secret mission is to keep him

From bringing heroin and pornography

To Gotham city

 

Your mother wanted to...

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A FORGOTTEN ANGEL

Who was she?  They wondered
No one knew her name
Where did she live?  They wondered
No one ever saw her playing
How old was she?  They wondered
Did she have any friends?
What happened? ...

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I was born into a family so messed up
One that makes you feel like you are never enough
Porch fights every night of the week
Everyone in the trailer park could hear the screams
The cops got called
And...

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I've held some stuff inside for too long but this is my open letter 
I could be okay by myself, but I'd rather us be broken together
I want to mend the pieces of your heart...

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Is there a life after death? I'm about to see
I'm ready to find out, got no one looking out for me
Been betrayed by everyone I gave my all too
They dug the hole, they made me...

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Don't let me die without writing this first
I'm fighting the hurt
Bleeding with ink, crying with words
Let me write this before I'm lying in dirt
Don't take this as a suicide note, but tomorrow isn't promised
Take it...

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Jason Voorhees was reborn as Alex Duffy
The psycho with a pen, who will turn the most beautiful ballad ugly
I’ll make Freddy Krueger sick from the horror and the gore
Make Michael Myers cry in the corner...

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I read on the internet
you can't blame your parents
you can't blame the Government
your choices make your life

Granted I agree with part of that
but I believe that Governments, 
society, parents and the child 
all carry a...

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They Talk about Drugs, alcohol & sex, but this is an issue the media don't speak on
Maybe they don't care, or maybe they don't understand where we bleed from
Some people label you an attention seeker...

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A church is a hospital for sinners and not a museum for saints
And it's not a place for someone to act like something they ain't
We've all been through some heartache, disappointment, 
bitterness and pain
Suffered physical...

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I may be in pain but you'll never see me cry out
I'm not worried about whether I'll make it to heaven or hell, because I can only live my life now
Whatever comes for me after...

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It all started with a dad who didn't love him
a mum who wouldn't hug him
a sister and brother who are addicted to smack
This isn't even a poem, these are the facts

a little boy in need...

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My childhood was good
but it could've been better
I went through a lot, 
and even wrote CPS a letter
My childhood didn't really last 
at age thirteen I was put in foster care, 
so I grew up...

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Life can leave you blinded at times, so I'm trying to appreciate what I can vision 
I've got a few good people in my life, but I've got some that are missing 
Why do we...

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I've been made to feel things I didn't want to feel 
I was numb for so long I forgot that my wounds were real
I tried to escape but depression chased me
I just need someone to...

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To my unborn child, I'm so SORRY
I can't stop this pain, it's a non-stop debate of how it all would be

Painted images and thoughts constantly fill my head
I've tried to escape it but the only...

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I've seen what trauma does, I know how hard it hits.  Every one I know  who has it, knows it doesn't quit.

I've been in the darkness, where I felt like a waste of...

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Camp E-How-Kee
as a child
had it's dark side as well.

Paul Butler is doing life
for robbery
i know.
He was black and seemed
like...

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Let me say all of this before it's too late
I know I said i wouldn't write about you on another page
But I have more to say, so I won't hold it in
I tell the truth...

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I was going to take it easy, but I’m going to write harder than ever before
I’m all about love and peace, but the world thinks we’re better with war
I’m going by my own expectations because...

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My parents were too busy drinking to help me to grow
I was moved around In foster care without anyone by the side of me
As a little boy I prayed my dad would finally start to...

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I just want to write a dedication to the man who saved my life
I was ready to give up, but your words inspired me to fight
Can I say thank you without being corny?
Thank you Eminem,...

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