The creative corner
The young people at Our Hearings, Our Voice are a talented bunch. This corner of our website is a chance for them to share their poems, stories, art work etc. We hope it will inspire you!
If you would like your creative efforts to appear on this page, please get in touch with Amy Miskimmin-Logan, OHOV Development Worker. We would love to include them!
Poem by OHOV Board Member Zodie has written a heartfelt poem about being lost and found
Lost and Found
I walked into the house, the faces and smells were new
A little labrador came into view
Only I knew I wouldn’t be here for long
I sat on my bed, it was cold, though I felt warm
Maybe this time I’m somewhere I belong
Yet I feel like this won’t last very long
A cold hand comes down on me telling me it’s time to move on
So I’ll pack my bag and move along
This time I’m with family, though I know it won’t be for long
Just a well earned rest, so I’ll do my best, but for how long?
From Perth to Dundee, to Glasgow, and so on
Not one of these houses felt like home
So I’ll keep packing my bags and moving on
Until the day I find where I belong
Another talented OHOV Board Member Achilles (Dame Marsha Ducky) has written a beautiful poem
What I need
I need support, like a scaffold for my home
Even though I seem okay I’m in the background alone
To get any help I am made to feel I need to kick off every so often
There’s 40 different things in my head but all they see is anger
Please step into my shoes, I need you as my anchor
It feels like no part of care is designed to make me feel normal
To even have emotion I need to send in a form
I could write 1000 words about the support I need
But if there’s no humanity, they just think it’s greed
My experiences have shaped me, like yours would have too
But the stigma they have put on me I will not let follow through
People may say that I’m “just like damaged goods”
“In the care system” – it’s like being lost in the woods
I can make a life for myself, I promise that I can
But support from the system and the public go hand in hand.
To finish we invite you to listen to this beautiful piece of music recorded by Sharpay.
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