"Where I'm From"
I wrote this poem based on Dave in the book A Child Called "It". Dave was a severly abused son.
I'm from Califonia
from Dally City
from a great neighborhood
I'm from brothers
from baby brothers to big brothers
from no sister
I'm from good times to bad times
from feeling love to feeling hatred
from small discipline to harsh punishments
I'm from bruises and scars
from beatings to stabbings
from mothers stove top burnings
I'm from a comfy bed to an army cot
from the warm house to the freezing garage
from sleeping swell to sleeping not one bit
I'm from loneliness
from no one being there
I'm from losing hope
I'm from lying
from pathetic excuses over and over
I'm from secrets never told