Foster Care

Moving around from town to town
With no place to call my own
It’s not my fault I’m in foster care
I never wanted to feel so alone

But circumstances I couldn’t vary
Although I tried my best
I was taken from my mother
And had to change my address

I never really knew why
I was placed in foster care
Its not as if I was badly treated
At home, Mom was always there

But apparently the county
Had to butt in
Didn’t give my family a chance
To show them we could win

Foster care was horrid
With no love from my “parents”
I just wanted to go home
Where I wasn’t seen as transparent

I’ve been in and out of “the system”
All my life that I can recall
Early on around myself
I had built an unbreakable wall

I’m still behind that wall
I cannot break it down
Even though I’m back home
I’m scared to show a frown

I’m so used to pretending
I don’t know how to be real
I can show no one
How I truly feel

I met a lot of friends
While I was in foster care
Friends that I never see now
Friends that are never there

Foster care made me realized
That what people think doesn’t matter
I found this out when my
Whole world nearly shattered

I have no idea
What this poem is about
I tried to write about foster care
But my mind is filled with doubt.