I just returned from visiting a fifteen year old girl at the juvenile detention center. She committed no crimes. She is detained for running away from a foster placement. I'll see her again in court this afternoon.
She is easy to like. She is intelligent and personable. She has an interest in nature and ecology. She likes to read and talk about books and music.
She has been in foster care since the age of two months. I met her when she was eleven. Since then, she has lived in well more than fifty-- maybe a hundred-- different foster homes, temporary shelters, detention centers, mental health facilities and residential treatment centers. Not suprisingly, she suffers from reactive attachment disorder and a host of other diagnoses.
When I visited her at a temporary shelter a few weeks ago, I noticed that she had scars on her arms and wrists from cutting herself. She said that the cutting released her pain. She assured me though that instead of cutting she now writes songs.
She sang this song to me. She wrote it in her diary. She gave me permission to publish it for any other child or family who might benefit.
Please post a comment. I'll be sure to bring your comment to her. I'm sure she would appreciate your support.
My mama gave me up when
i was 2 months old She
didn't break my heart she
killed my soul i was beat
and my flesh was weak i
was scared and could not
speak Daddy remember you
Raped me twice now your 30+
and still paying the price
as i grew up depression took
my life i tried to kill myself
with a knife so i asked the
Lord what to do and this is what
he said
Shout shout let it all
out leave all the pain you can
do without so come on im talking
to you so come on
pain is how
i made it through i found myself
missing you every day it was
pain i was going through
so i asked the Lord what to
do and this is what he said
there are many people
with different fates yours
is to walk through heaven's
gates
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