{"id":7075,"date":"2023-08-09T11:24:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T11:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk\/imo\/?p=7075"},"modified":"2023-08-09T11:24:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T11:24:57","slug":"poem-foster-care-system-louise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk\/imo\/your-stories\/poem-foster-care-system-louise\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem: Foster Care System &#8211; Louise \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-small-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-no-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-small-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Louise is a care experienced advocate and an Ambassador for Action for Children. She also campaigns for Peer Power Charity and Become. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here Louise shares a poem about her experience of the foster care system.\u00a0\u00a0<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Basically orphaned.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One minute you\u2019re pulled away from all you have ever known.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To start a new chapter miles away.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Family gone not knowing when you will see them again.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The powers that be unresponsive to your voice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No explanation gone.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Childhood trauma that creeps up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No longer have a mum or dad to call your own.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crying yourself to sleep no hugs.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Independent from a young age.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No fallback net for us.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No home to call our own.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fate in the powers above.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is normal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unexplained chain of events that occur.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Survival mode.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is family when you no longer have them or see them.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When times matter most left alone.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New reality.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chaos midst confusion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where is the help.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>18 the cliff approach\u2019s only the strongest survive.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-no-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Take a look at Scarlett Manley\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk\/imo\/your-stories\/an-animated-series-portraying-journeys-through-the-foster-care-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">animated series<\/a> about her time in foster care, and hear what Freya has to say about foster care, trauma, the media and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk\/imo\/career-experiences\/lets-chat-foster-care-trauma-the-media-and-why-its-time-to-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">why it is time to change.<\/a>\u00a0<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Struggling with your foster placement?&nbsp;<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk\/help-at-hand\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Help at Hand<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;is the Children\u2019s Commissioner\u2019s advice and assistance service for children in care, children who have a social worker or are working with social services, children living away from home and care leavers. They can help you with a range of different difficulties and give you the advice you need.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Louise is a care experienced advocate and an Ambassador for Action for Children. She also campaigns for Peer Power Charity and Become. 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