A MILLION SETS OF RULES
This poem was sent in by Corri Pierce, a recently emancipated foster youth living in Pasadena, California.
FOSTER CARE
A million different foster homes
One million different rules
A million different families
And one million new schools
A million people watching you
A million and one glares
A million reasons to run and hide
But still a million stares
One million different sets of rules
In every home you move to
A million people proving you wrong
A million different points of view
One million reasons to stay
A million and one to fight
One million reasons to run away
One million reasons to stay one more night
A million reasons to never give up
A million to avoid being a failure in life
One million more to never lose hope
But only one you to decide
June 8th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
wow… lovely!!!
June 14th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
I to awake each day feeling my loneliness and pain. Being given this gift of life, I stand before this ladder of strife. This ladder before me, this wheel that holds my fortune and fate.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:54 pm
I wrote this!!! I’m so glad that there are millions of other foster youth out there that can relate to me. You’re not alone.