"I came from a broken home."
Not me
I am quoting Gil Scott-Heron RIP
poet, recording artiste, campaigner.
My work - MISSION::
I worked with a group of
wounded young humans some time ago.
Everyone of them had
come from a broken home.
All had either been forced to leave
or chosen to leave because they were
~being physically battered
~made to feel they were not wanted
~abused
Another young man I know
was pushed away to live with grandmother
no place for him 'at home'.
In his twenties he still feels rejected
and has little confidence.
To feel unwanted
must be absolutely terrible.
Another tells me,
and it still rings in my ears,
that he was moved out
to nothing because
he was caught up in endless fights
between his parents.
He was cared for by the state
He mental health was cared for
He talks about feeling like a stray cat.
The stray cat lived on the street
no food for days
hardly sleeping
no clean clothes
filthy hair
all alone
feeling not good enough
feeling not enough.
He talks of walking into school
nobody knew him
feeling all alone
without a family
without a base
without belonging
without without.
He heard screaming in the night
He was full of such nightmares
He felt lost emotionally
relationally and
totally unstable.
At home he never been acknowledged
even doing well at school -
it was ignored.
He did good things, NO PRAISE
He joined a gang did bad things and
he was PRAISED BY HIS PEERS.
So many I know and work with,
and such a privilege to know them,
either
explode - violence
or
Implode - self harm.
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