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

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