The Forgotten Children

The resilience of the human spirit
Untold horrors of the world assaulting the youth
Shattering their known instinct of what they need
Destroying their dreams
Enticing them by showing what they’re missing in the laughter of others

Loss, abuse, beatings, rejection, abandonment, homeless, unloved, disbelieved, forgotten with destiny in young hands

We survive, we grieve, we build escape, our skin grows hard, we reject before rejected, we abandon before abandoned, we treasure our own homes, we love others and smother them, we don’t forget others in need, we smile, we laugh, we’ve seen the dark side of life.

We are the forgotten children, the ones who strive for hope when we have never been shown its existence, the ones who love whole hearted when we were never shown what it is to be loved unconditionally, the ones who care and sacrifice when we have seen no one do it before us.

This is who we are, this is what we are, we are the children brought up on untrained instinct.

Feeling hopeless, helpless, lost and lifeless our hidden truth
Needing love, affection, belonging, safety, security and friendship our inner longing
Wanting to live, experience happiness, laugh till we cry and amnesia our inner mission

This is who we are, the forgotten children
We are the unheard generation
We are survivors of abuse
We are survivors of adults
We are survivors living the best we know how

We are hidden from you, but we are there, if you were just to look harder, if you believed, you will see the tears, tears of children not crocodiles.

Look and you will see us everywhere
We are your neighbours
We are your children
We are your grandkids
We are your friends
We are the future adults
We are everywhere