[ 253 ][ They Are Unable To Dream … 3•28•2021 ]

[ Some People Say That Kids In Foster Care Do Not Dream ]
[ They Feel Insecure Of Their Future It Seems ]

[ Never Knowing ]
[ When To Pack Up Their Belongings ]
[ Or Where They Will Be Going ]

[ Could It Be To A Farm In The Country? ]
[ Or An Apartment In The City? ]

[ Their Whole Life Up To That Point Had Been One Of
     Transition ]
[ For A Scared Young Child ]
[ That Puts Them In An Unstable Position ]

[ These Children Do Not Dream Because They Do Not
     Know What They Could Dream Of ]
[ A Welcoming Home? ]
[ A New Family Full Of Love? ]

[ How Can A Child Dream Of Something That They Don’t
      Have Any Experience In? ]
[ When They Try To Succeed In Life, They Never Win ]

[ Kids Go Into Their Next Placement Totally Blind ]
[ How Do Others Think How That Affects Their Young 
       Minds? ]

[ There Eyes & Minds Are Blurry ]
[ Their Whole Life Seems To Be In A Hurry ]

[ But It Is Not ]
[ & Their Personal Belongings That They’ve Got ]
[ Is Never Alot ]

[ Night Or Day ]
[ They Never Have A Say ]

[ Kids Have Zero Control ]
[ They Do Not See Their Role ]

[ Or Where They Fit ]
[ They Get Whatever They Get ]

[ & If They Go To A House Where A Family Already Exists ]
[ They Do Whatever The Parents Insists ]

[ What They Want Them To Do ]
[ Not Understanding Any Social Cues ]

[ Kids Can Be The Victims Of A Broken System ]
[ The One Thing That Is Supposed To Help Them ]

[ Kids Are Put In The System Not Of Their Own Free
     Will ]
[ No One Leaves A Family For Excitement & Thrills ]

[ @ Any Age ]
[ Causing So Much Pain & Pent Up Rage ]

[ Kids In Foster Care Never Have An Outlet ]
[ For All Of The Frustration They Get ]

[ Kids Never Have A Solid Foot On The Ground ]
[ Because They Are Always Being Moved Around ]

[ The State ]
[ The Game Is One Big Wait ]

[ Waiting For The Next Knock On The Front Door ]
[ Not Knowing What Is In Store ]

[ Next ]
[ Not Being Told Through A Phone Call ]
[ Or Read To Them From A Text ]

[ Every New Family Is Like A Long Roll Of The Dice ]
[ Not Knowing If The Other Kids Will Be Mean Or Nice ]

[ Sometimes A Family Can Be Really Nice When You
     Are New ]
[ But Then Turn Into The Worst Ones, Too ]

[ Kids Have Very Little That They Own ]
[ & In New Placements Feel Completely Alone ]

[ In The Back Of Their Minds The Thought Is Always There ]
[ That @ Any Moment The Child Could Be Moved Elsewhere ]

[ Foster Kids Feel That They Have To Be On Their Best
      Behavior & Shouldn’t Do Anything Wrong ]
[ Since The Bond Is Not Strong ]

[ They Could Be Removed ]
[ Not Soothed ]

[ Children Have Dreams Of Possibilities That Could Occur ]
[ Children In Foster Care Are Never Sure ]
[ Of Their Future ]

~ The End ~

[ Auhea kuʻu hoaaloha ]
[ Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei wau e pono ai e lawe i kēia moʻolelo
     i kahi hopena ]

[ Mahalo no ka hoʻoloheʻana i kaʻu mau moʻolelo ]
[ No laila,ʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo ia ka mea ]

[ A hui hou aku ]
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[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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