PIPSPOEM ========= alcoholic at birth mothers addiction father loss disaster later fateful crack overdose and years of homes sometimes called 'care'
mother herself all too young very young without parental models inadequate sometimes called 'it's the parents fault'
raped and abused abused and robbed fragmented like hell sometimes called 'tormented'
drugs and crime crime and drugs suck the life drain the soul shred the person sometimes called 'deprivation'
ymca hostel mission to care mission to support mission to develop sometimes called 'hope'
as thin as a rake loud and screaming tearful and down always a name call always my name sometimes called 'erratic'
drugs on off drugs relationships on chemical relationship on struggle to sustain loved and hated sometimes called 'dependent'
alone on her own found on her own died on her own lay still on her own only chemical friends sometimes called 'overdose'
tears of the crowd loss in community death lurks us all quiet at last tears run silent sobs rack deep world loses a character sometimes called 'bereavement'
how do I feel the feelings are deep she was driving blind foot on disaster hard as nails fragile and bruised beautifully broken sometimes called 'love'
creator loved creator loves precious child valuable life loss loss loss sometimes called 'a waste'
never lived only survived we need to care in life before death we need to love more-so the broken more-so the damaged more-so when it's impossible more-so before it is too late sometimes called 'reflective learning'
let these little ones come to me of such is the kingdom of heaven the master said the master repeats now when it matters he retains the loving continues the loving the creator of love keeps showing us teaching us demonstrating to us sometimes called 'eternal love everlasting love to a person for a person we will remember eternally and everlasting'
