Kristal's Poem
I came home from school today
No-one's here,
No-one to greet me home
I wanted to show you my picture
Mum I'm only six
I came home from B-Ball practice today
No-one's here
No-one to greet me home
I needed help, I sprained my ankle
Mum I'm only eleven
I came home from high school today
No-one's home,
No-one to greet me
I needed help with my exam
Mum I'm only fourteen
I came home from drug dealing today
No-one's home,
No-one to greet me
I know I'm doing wrong
But no-one's there to stop me
I need to eat, look after the house
And pay your bills
Mum, I'm only seventeen
I came home today
No-one's home, no-one to greet me
I'm going crazy, I'm out of here
See you at the crossroads
All I wanted was a mum and dad
and a home
But as I see, that will never be.
Ruby's Poem
Tears roll down my cheeks
No-one cares and no-one speaks
I want someone to hear me
Everyone seems to be deaf
I want someone to see me
Everyone seems to be blind
I want someone to hold me
Everyone seems out of reach
I want someone to love me
Everyone acts dumb
Malcolm's Poem
As I walk through the back streets
of Sydney
Dragging my feet along the tight
narrow streets
Wondering where I'm going to rest my
head for the night
I have no blanket or a smoke
I can't even think of a joke
Apart from this one
No money, no clothes
I wish I had a piece of hose
I'm in need of a home
So I won't be alone
I think it's time to move on
It's no real fun
Niel's Poem
I stand at this station all alone
No friends
No family
No place to call home
All the hurt and pain
Inside of me
And the only thing
I want is to be set free
The crime and the drugs
Is all that seems left
For me to escape
Because the only thing
I've ever known
Was hate and rape
All I ever do is run and hide
When all I ever wanted
Was to feel love inside
Ainsley's Poem
She wanders around wondering where she
will sleep next
Or what she is going to eat today
She hasn't had a shower in days
Everyone stares at her, she knows they're
staring but she holds her head up high and
walks on
She tries to look like she doesn't care; but
she does
Inside her she can feel the pain of all those
people laughing at her
And whispering under their breath
They don't care about how she feels or
what is going to happen to her
Slowly the pain becomes bigger and bigger
And soon a tear escapes from her eye
As she wipes the tear from her face she
realises
that she can no longer hold the pain back
anymore
Soon a whole stream of tears
fall down her face
She tries hard to wipe them away but
it is no good
She can't control them
Slowly she falls to her knees
Begging for the pain to leave her
