(28)▪︎[ Foster Kids … 1•9•2021 ]

[ Some People Say That Kids In Foster Care 
     Do Not Dream ]
[ Instead In The Middle Of The Night ]
[ They Have Nightmares That Make Them Scream ]

[ They Never Feel Like Their Feet Are On Solid Ground ]
[ They Are Always Waiting For The Sound ]

[ Of Someone Saying That It Was Time To Move ]
[ It Could Be A Month Or A Couple Of Years ]
[ So They Never Get Into A Groove ]

[ Their Head Keeps Spinning ]
[ Because Their Life Keeps Beginning ]
[ It Seems That They Are Never Winning ]

[ @ The Game Of Life ]
[ When They Look Through The Tunnel ]
[ They Just Don’t See The Light ]

[ Be It The Sun Or Of An Oncoming Train ]
[ Making Them Afraid ]
[ To Rejoice Or Refrain ]

[ From Having The Happiness Of A Growing Child ]
[ & Not Having Any Control Of His Small Piece
     Of Tile ]

[ That He Lives On ]
[ His Security Is Not Gone ]

[ Because He Has Never Had That Feeling Before ]
[ He Always Anticipates That Knock On The Door ]
[ Waiting For A Representative From The State ]
[ To Tell Them There Is Another Move In Store ]
[ All He Wants To Do Is Yell ( WAIT! ) ]
[ ( I DON’t WANT TO MOVE ANYMORE! ) ]

[ But He Knows That His Pleas Will Fall On Deaf Ears ]
[ Nobody Listens ]
[ Nobody Hears ]

[ They Just Want To Be ]
[ Adopted & Settled With A Good, Loving Family ]

[ Where They Feel Nurtured ]
[ & Loved ]
[ So Then & Only Then … They Can Finally Have Dreams About The
     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 ]