From this window, like the moon, we close the distance The distance between you and our collective sorrow With thoughts ...
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The smell of sweat Heavy weight upon your chest Rough beard on your skin Cuts your body to pieces Nauseated ...
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I hated my Dad I’d wrote it on my bedroom wall In black marker pen Behind the wardrobe Beside the ...
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After an age A long time coming Exactly on time coming A lull in the storm A thawing of the ...
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I’m locked in my room I’m lonely, I’m cold, I’m hungry I hear voices They need to see me They ...
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For as long as I can remember My heart has ached It has been heavy It has hurt It has ...
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You promised me a better life You promised me it would be better You promised me I would be cared ...
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4745 days of being abused 4745 days of being beaten 4745 days of being neglected 4745 days of hearing you’re ...
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The door is ajar The light shines through The shadow is looking in The big heavy steps on the floor ...
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Once you open the box the memories flood out Once you open the box you recall the nightmares Once you ...
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Jackie McCartney is a care experienced adult, mother of two successful adult children and a caregiver who attended Your Life ...
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We know you are out there hidden in the ranks Bestowed with fancy titles that camouflage disgrace You are fugitives ...
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FORGOTTEN Like a refugee in his own landA land that has forgotten himThe care child wanders with no hand…To hold ...
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One day, Jamie asked himself what it was he liked about this little café. He wondered why he’d never asked ...
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Care fails too many it is true Fob off letters prove Words on barren wasteland fell Policy dictated Wrong doers ...
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‘Fuck you’ he screamed ‘Is that right son,’ replied the man sardonically ‘Fucking right it’s right, you ugly fat bastard’ ...
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Written and narrated by Taz Trevorrow, this spoken word piece talks about lives stolen by and lost through drug addiction ...
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Plush carpet versus plimsole shoes Large antique desk and me in short trews Crew cut hair and snotty nose Scabby ...
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The theme is TRUTH…. It was my duty to report but I could Not foresee When whistleblowing met closed ranks ...
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Different yet the same Individual and unique Voices shared by many Empower and embrace Respect for one another Sharing our ...
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Children in Need Would that be all our children or just those that deserve and who decides? I wonder…. Does ...
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To The Boy To the boy whose cheeks burnt with tears… Sissy Nancy Boy Big Girls Blouse He who’s not ...
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Ambushed by legal contract Designed to silence justice Costly courtroom battles Truth publicly corrupted. A battle plan that failed Evidence ...
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When I was young, and you were old, your child abuse was brave and bold. Bereft of warmth, harsh and ...
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Hey Miss, will you ever notice what’s going on, because you come to our house, you’re here five minutes then ...
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“OMG… I’ve finally tracked you down” Your timely words seemed meant to be But you could not have known How ...
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‪Feel I won’t feel the loss of losing mum and dad, Nor being told ‘don’t worry, it’s not that bad’ ...
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I’ve got holes in my underwear, and in my socks too, t-shirts deodorant stained, and the soles of my shoes ...
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We came from different places, different people, different faces; from the roots of different beginnings, different trees. We walked on ...
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