My Recipe. and I am.
18th September 2020
Check out these insightful and honest poems by one of our Children in Care, Peter MacDonald.
Peter’s poems, My Recipe. and I am. draw on his experience of the care system and the uncertainty and pressures it can bring. If you’re a care-experienced young people, you’ll probably relate to his words.
Well done Peter for sharing your thoughtful poetry!
My Recipe.
Take some bruises from a small boy’s face,
Settle some anger and pain from an adult’s misplaced list,
sprinkle some fresh fear and uncertainty,
then blend well with a Judge’s perspective.
I am.
I am more than just a child in care,
I am a misplaced, worried possibility,
I am a warrior of my own making,
I am an expectation,
I am a statistic of bad behaviour,
I am judged