by Ruby Perkins (guest author) on 14 November, 2011
Ruby Jane Perkins shares her poem The Stranger.
THE STRANGER
I am a stranger
To family life
But no stranger
To institutional living.
I am a stranger
To the warmth of loving arms
But no stranger
To abandonment and rejection.
I am a stranger
To freedom
But no stranger
To the shackles of fear and despair.
I am a stranger
To the caring protection of adults
But no stranger
To the assault on my body and soul.
I am a stranger
To the laughter of other children
But no stranger
To their cries of pain and suffering.
I am a stranger
To the strength of Samson
But no stranger
To the feelings of helplessness.
I am a stranger
To speaking out about past wrongs
But no stranger
To the walls of silence.
